Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Cole Sulser RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 217	# 338
VBR	# 994	# 659

Projections

Strikeouts	2	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.48	4.22
WHIP	1.40	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 335

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 324

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Cole Sulser RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	44

Games Started	18	2

Innings Pitched	108.1	49.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	107	49

Earned Runs	63	25

Home Runs Allowed	26	7

Strikeouts	72	49

Walks	35	15

ERA	5.23	4.56

WHIP	1.31	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Cole Sulser RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.5	5.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	3	5

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	2	5

Walks	1	2

ERA	5.48	4.22

WHIP	1.40	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Cole Sulser RP - TB
News
	The Dodgers transferred LHP Eric Lauer to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th	Cole Sulser started his rehab assignment on August 19. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	The Dodgers shut down Eric Lauer from throwing for a few days. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th	Cole Sulser is expected to be cleared for a rehab assignment soon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	The Dodgers placed LHP Eric Lauer on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd	The Rays placed RHP Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list with lower back spasms. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Eric Lauer allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Tuesday's loss to the Cardinals. Chase Davis Wed, Sep 2nd	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Cole Sulser has begun throwing live batting practice and is reportedly doing well, according to Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash. Cash indicated Sulser could return to the active roster “pretty soon” if his progression continues without setbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Cole Sulser RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#260
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#400	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#210	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#166	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#30	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#162
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#324	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#348
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117	vs DET	Ty Madden	#328
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#355
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#144	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#348	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#123
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#233	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#199	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#134
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#310	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#166	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#309	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#329	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#257	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#197
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#184
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#401
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#156	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#139
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#30	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#201	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#150
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#110	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#278
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#316	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#129	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#151	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#223
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#123	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#110
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#80
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (0-0)	#207
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#157	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#247
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-0)	#282	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#29	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#106
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#215
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#29
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#215
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Eric Lauer (2026)

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