Who Should I Trade?

Evan Carter for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 162	# 227
VBR	# 270	# 269

Projections

Runs	10	10
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	8	9
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.245	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	# 222

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 144	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	# 224

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 293

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	# 177

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	219	333

Runs	29	43

Hits	51	64

Singles	32	41

Doubles	12	13

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	6	8

RBI	27	32

Stolen Bases	2	14

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	34	43

Strikeouts	50	93

Batting Average	.233	.192

On Base Pct	.335	.291

Slugging Pct	.379	.315

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.607

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	66	74

Runs	10	10

Hits	16	17

Singles	11	10

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	8	9

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	10	9

Strikeouts	15	20

Batting Average	.245	.225

On Base Pct	.344	.312

Slugging Pct	.397	.378

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.690

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX
News
	Lars Nootbaar went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 10-6 win over the Giants on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th	Evan Carter went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rays with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Lars Nootbaar hit a pinch-hit long ball in the Diamondbacks 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Evan Carter went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one double, one stolen base, and one run scored. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	The Cardinals have traded outfielder Lars Nootbaar to the D-backs. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Evan Carter went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Mariners with one walk, one stolen base, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Evan Carter went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Braves with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Evan Carter went 2-for-2 with a solo home run and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. He entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, singled and scored, then added a solo homer in the eighth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI			Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#271
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#301
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#291
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#178	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Evan Carter for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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