Who Should I Trade?

Drew Anderson for Jason Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 282	# 848

Projections

Strikeouts	17	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.31
WHIP	1.33	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 106	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 211	# 469

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	4

Games Started	8	2

Innings Pitched	91.2	18.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	82	21

Earned Runs	38	19

Home Runs Allowed	13	4

Strikeouts	101	14

Walks	37	8

ERA	3.73	9.33

WHIP	1.30	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	16.8	4.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	4

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	3

Walks	6	2

ERA	4.03	4.31

WHIP	1.33	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
News
	Drew Anderson allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out five over 5 2/3 innings in Wednesday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 3rd	The Astros optioned Jason Alexander to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Drew Anderson allowed four hits and five walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	Jason Alexander allowed nine earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, May 27th
	Drew Anderson allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Drew Anderson allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 17th	Jason Alexander allowed four hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, May 20th
	Drew Anderson allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Tuesday’s win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	Jason Alexander will start for the Astros on Tuesday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET			Jason Alexander SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#394
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#213	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#165	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#261	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#393
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#261	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#403	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Anderson for Jason Alexander (2026)

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