Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 27	# 297
VBR	# 191	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.68	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 54	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	13

Games Started	28	0

Innings Pitched	167.0	12.0

Wins	11	1

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	128	15

Earned Runs	47	11

Home Runs Allowed	16	3

Strikeouts	173	11

Walks	45	5

ERA	2.53	8.25

WHIP	1.04	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	16.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.68	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Parker Messick allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out 12 over six innings in Saturday's 6-0 loss to the Tigers. Matthew Adam Sun, Sep 6th	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 31st	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Monday's 4-2 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on six hits and no walks while striking out 10 over 6.2 innings in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out six over 5.2 innings in Thursday's 3-0 loss to the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 14th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#193
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#231
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#164
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#139	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#92	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#310	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#240
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#206	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#286
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#204
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#367
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#246
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#246
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#271	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#217
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#162
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#167
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#155
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#157	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#95	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#233	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#247
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#387
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#329	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#134	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#387
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#263	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#110
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#324	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#166
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#305	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#310
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#156	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#184
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#150
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#268	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#150	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#144
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#43
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#192
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Parker Messick (2026)

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