Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 334	‐
VBR	# 554	‐

Projections

Runs	4	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	3	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.224	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 302	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	350	‐

Runs	38	‐

Hits	75	‐

Singles	52	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	4	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	26	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	5	‐

Walks	37	‐

Strikeouts	64	‐

Batting Average	.214	‐

On Base Pct	.293	‐

Slugging Pct	.314	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.608	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	32	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	7	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Batting Average	.224	‐

On Base Pct	.297	‐

Slugging Pct	.357	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.655	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	Zach McKinstry went 3-for-4 in Monday's 8-5 win over the Pirates with a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#266
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#194	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#389
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#124	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#165	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#206	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#200	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#194	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#192	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#224	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#340	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#297
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#224	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#150	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#347
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#371	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#222
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#150	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#151	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#297	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#259
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#195	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#124
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#399	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#41
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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