Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Kade Strowd (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	# 632	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	3	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.64
WHIP	1.38	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 304	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	2.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	42	2

Earned Runs	23	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	41	1

Walks	13	5

ERA	5.35	3.38

WHIP	1.42	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.6	1.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	2

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	3	1

Walks	1	1

ERA	3.96	4.64

WHIP	1.38	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Diamondbacks optioned RHP Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 9th
	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Kade Strowd was recalled from Triple-A Reno ahead of Tuesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Sep 8th
	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Diamondbacks optioned RHP Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Jake Bird is being traded along with three other prospects to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Luis Garcia Jr. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd	The Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The D-backs have optioned right-hander Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bird RP - WSH			Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#15	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#153	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#150	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#193	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#291
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#207	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#174
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#117	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#347
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#390
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#216	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#261	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#125	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#41	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#324
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#143	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#291
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#359
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#345	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#148	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#193	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#338	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#389
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#314	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#131	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#101
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#389	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#382	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#384	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#353
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#351
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#159	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#104
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#15	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#215
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#276
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#131
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#99	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#382
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#384
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#298
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#216
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Kade Strowd (2026)

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