Who Should I Trade?

Nick Fortes for Will Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Smith C - LAD	Nick Fortes C - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 145	# 349
VBR	# 160	# 1056

Projections

Runs	8	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	8	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.254	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 164	# 346

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	# 312

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Smith C - LAD	Nick Fortes C - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	190	272

Runs	26	30

Hits	45	72

Singles	33	53

Doubles	6	15

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	27	31

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	26	9

Strikeouts	37	38

Batting Average	.237	.265

On Base Pct	.329	.307

Slugging Pct	.363	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Smith C - LAD	Nick Fortes C - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	52	28

Runs	8	3

Hits	13	7

Singles	9	5

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	8	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	2

Strikeouts	11	5

Batting Average	.254	.237

On Base Pct	.355	.295

Slugging Pct	.432	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Smith C - LAD	Nick Fortes C - TB
News
	Will Smith (neck) was activated from the IL ahead of Tuesday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Sep 1st	Nick Fortes went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Will Smith went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in a rehab game for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Nick Fortes went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Will Smith will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Nick Fortes went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, one run scored and two RBI in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
	Will Smith took live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Nick Fortes went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored in Wednesday's 7-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Will Smith could be sent on a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Nick Fortes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-2 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Smith C - LAD			Nick Fortes C - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs DET	Ty Madden	#253
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#179	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#285	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#260	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#275	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#140	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#235
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Fortes for Will Smith (2026)

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