Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Tucker for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	# 282
VBR	# 34	# 305

Projections

Runs	13	8
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	12	9
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.258	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 40	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 16	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	# 196

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 25	# 294

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 9	# 441

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	463	256

Runs	71	22

Hits	105	53

Singles	71	37

Doubles	20	9

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	11	7

RBI	58	29

Stolen Bases	10	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	67	23

Strikeouts	95	66

Batting Average	.227	.207

On Base Pct	.325	.271

Slugging Pct	.354	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.595

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	68

Runs	13	8

Hits	20	17

Singles	13	12

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	12	9

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	6

Strikeouts	15	15

Batting Average	.258	.244

On Base Pct	.369	.309

Slugging Pct	.449	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	Kyle Tucker went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cardinals with a walk and one stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Sep 3rd	Moises Ballesteros went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 3rd
	Kyle Tucker went 1-for-3 in a 2-1 win over the Tigers with two walks and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 29th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Kyle Tucker went 1-for-4 in win over the Pirates with one run scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 23rd	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Kyle Tucker went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Kyle Tucker went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Cubs with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 5th	Moises Ballesteros went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run on Sunday, helping the Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Diamondbacks. David Leisering Mon, May 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#402
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#179	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#315	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#264	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#379	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#151
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#177	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Sat, Jul 18th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Tucker for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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