Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Mason Englert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 676

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	4
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.58
WHIP	‐	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 282

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 185	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	14

Games Started	12	3

Innings Pitched	70.0	35.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	42

Earned Runs	42	18

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	61	32

Walks	42	8

ERA	5.40	4.54

WHIP	1.61	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	4.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	4

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	4.58

WHIP	‐	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Luinder Avila will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Mason Englert allowed five runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four across five innings in Friday's 5-3 loss against the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th
	Luinder Avila is scheduled to undergo testing on his forearm injury on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Mason Englert will start in Game 2 of Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Luinder Avila allowed six earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two over 2.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Mason Englert has been called up as the 27th man in Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Royals placed RHP Luinder Avila on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Rays optioned RHP Mason Englert to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Luinder Avila allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out two over 4.1 innings in Sunday's win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	Mason Englert allowed two runs on five hits and one walk while striking out nine across 5.2 innings in Sunday's 2-0 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC			Mason Englert SP,RP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#368
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#41	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#403
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#363
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs DET	Ty Madden	#325
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#149	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#282	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#197	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#42	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#224
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#176	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#221
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#187
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#396
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#396	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#210	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#138	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	vs SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#233
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#51	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (0-0)	#198
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#87
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#130	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#210
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#237	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT	Khristian Curtis (1-0)	#361	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#347
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156

Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Mason Englert (2026)

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