Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 37	‐
VBR	# 257	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	4	‐
ERA	3.79	‐
WHIP	1.18	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 260

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	58	35

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	55.0	36.2

Wins	1	3

Losses	2	0

Saves	39	3

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	2	7

Hits Allowed	31	27

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	60	25

Walks	20	21

ERA	1.64	2.45

WHIP	0.93	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.7	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	3.79	‐

WHIP	1.18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
News
	Bryan Baker allowed one walk and no hits in the ninth inning of Saturday's 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres to notch his ninth save of August. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 29th	PJ Poulin is progressing through a throwing program. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and hit one batter while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Monday's 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 24th	PJ Poulin is on track to return at some point in September. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning while striking out one batter in Wednesday’s 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, recording his 36th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	The Nationals transferred PJ Poulin to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Bryan Baker allowed no runs on one hit and no walks in the ninth inning of Saturday's 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, picking up his 34th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 9th	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Bryan Baker allowed one earned run on one hit while striking out three in the ninth inning of Friday's 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners, earning his 33rd save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#202	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#313	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#295	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#315
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#300	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#241
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#241	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#389	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#284
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#181
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#175
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#262
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#384
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#259	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#414	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#358
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#122
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#184	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#122	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sat, May 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for PJ Poulin (2026)

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