Who Should I Trade?

Gary Sanchez for Nick Fortes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL	Nick Fortes C - TB
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 239	# 349
VBR	# 1107	# 1056

Projections

Runs	3	3
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	3	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.212	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 238	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 239	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	# 312

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 356	# 346

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL	Nick Fortes C - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	205	272

Runs	34	30

Hits	43	72

Singles	21	53

Doubles	10	15

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	4

RBI	35	31

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	45	9

Strikeouts	53	38

Batting Average	.210	.265

On Base Pct	.358	.307

Slugging Pct	.429	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL	Nick Fortes C - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	21	28

Runs	3	3

Hits	4	7

Singles	3	5

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	3	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	2

Strikeouts	6	5

Batting Average	.212	.237

On Base Pct	.298	.295

Slugging Pct	.393	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL	Nick Fortes C - TB
News
	Gary Sanchez went 1-for-3 in Sunday's 7-4 loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	Nick Fortes went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Padres with a home run, a double, one run scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	Nick Fortes went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Nick Fortes went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, one run scored and two RBI in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
	Gary Sanchez went 1-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Nick Fortes went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored in Wednesday's 7-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-3 in Wednesday’s loss to the Athletics with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Nick Fortes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-2 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL			Nick Fortes C - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#283	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#167	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	vs DET	Ty Madden	#253
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#402	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#235
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#176
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#86
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181

Who Should I Trade?

Gary Sanchez for Nick Fortes (2026)

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