Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Javier Assad (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 25	‐
VBR	# 134	# 634

Projections

Strikeouts	24	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.90	4.20
WHIP	1.20	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 110

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	22

Games Started	18	10

Innings Pitched	104.0	83.1

Wins	8	6

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	71

Earned Runs	38	32

Home Runs Allowed	13	15

Strikeouts	110	55

Walks	22	21

ERA	3.29	3.46

WHIP	1.11	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	23.8	8.4

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	8

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	24	7

Walks	6	3

ERA	3.90	4.20

WHIP	1.20	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Wed, Sep 2nd	The Cubs optioned RHP Javier Assad to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Gerrit Cole allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 28th	The Cubs recalled Javier Assad from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Thursday’s 6-1 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	The Cubs optioned Javier Assad to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Javier Assad allowed one run on four hits and two walks while striking out three across 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on six hits while striking out nine over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Javier Assad allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out six across 4.1 innings in Thursday's 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#265
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#217
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#295	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#238	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#314
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#310	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#372	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#181	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#141
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Javier Assad (2026)

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