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• Rays Designate Jon Heasley For Assignment, Select Andrew Wantz
The Rays announced that they have reinstated infielder Ben Williamson from the 10-day injured list and selected the contract of right-hander Andrew Wantz. In corresponding moves, infielder Carson Williams has been optioned to Triple-A Durham and righty Jon Heasley has been designated for assignment. More to come....2026
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• Carson Williams adjusting his approach

Carson Williams had a fairly underwhelming stint in the majors this year after being thrust into the starting SS role. The game appeared to speed up on him; he expanded the zone more than ever and committed several uncharacteristic defensive miscues. While the defense will almost certainly rebound to comfortably plus territory across a larger […]...2026
• Rays Reacts Results: Carson Williams Demoted Edition

At the start of the homestand — which has pleasantly gone very well for the Rays — Carson Williams received a surprise demotion after Taylor Walls was ready to return from the injured list. We asked you for your quick reaction, here was the results of the poll: To my personal mild surprise, there was […]...2026
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• Rays Reacts Survey: Carson Williams Demoted?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rays fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Please take our survey...2026
• Rays Activate Taylor Walls From IL, Option Carson Williams
The Rays are shuffling their infield mix this morning, as Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times relays that shortstop Taylor Walls is being activated from the injured list. Infield prospect Carson Williams is being optioned to Triple-A in the corresponding move. Walls, 29, has been sidelined to this point in the year by a […]...2026
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• Rays Your Voice: 2026 Season Preview with Elijah Flewellen

On this week’s episode of Rays Your Voice, we are joined by Elijah Flewellen for our 2026 Season Preview! We discuss the latest injury news and how they impact the Opening Day roster. We also discuss the opportunities available for young players Chandler Simpson and Carson Williams, who will look to prove themselves as viable […]...2026
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• Rays Your Voice: 2026 Season Preview with Elijah Flewellen
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• Walls' oblique injury opens door for Rays top prospect Carson Williams
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• AL Week 22 Strategy-August 23, 2025
In The Field SS Zach Neto left Wednesday's game early after getting hit on the wrist by a pitch. X-rays came back negative, and he was back in the lineup on Thursday. Neto has backed up his breakout 2023 season with an even better year (.267 AVG with 21 HR, 74 R, 55 RBI, and 22 SB). SS Ha-Seong Kim was not in the Rays lineup on Wednesday due to lower back tightness and was placed on the 10-day I...2025
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• Bieber is Back - August 23, 2025
Wyatt Langford (OF-TEX) went 2-4 with a solo homer, 2B, and additional run scored against Cleveland on Friday. As was the case last season, the 23 year-old is coming alive down the stretch and is now batting .244 with 19 dingers, 52 RBI, 59 runs scored, and 16 steals across 464 PA on the year. His strikeout rate is up in 2025 (to 27% from 20.5%) but he's walking more often (up to 11.5% from 9%) wh...2025
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• Baseball America has updated their top 30 Rays prospects

Photo by Natalie Buchanan/Minor League Baseball Not so rosy an outlook for the system ahead of the 2025 MLB draft. We are more than halfway through the regular season and with that, Baseball America has updated their top 100 prospects in the game and their top 30 prospects within each team’s system. The entire list is behind a paywall, but I will highlight the top 10 as well as some of t...2025
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• Rays Trade Target: Byron Buxton

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images The Rays are set to begin their final road trip of the first half in Minnesota on Friday, with an Independence Day matinee against the Twins. The postseason picture is becoming clear, and the Twins seem to be outside of it. On the other hand, the Rays find themselves in a three-team race for the AL East. On Thursday, the Blue Jays overtook the Yankees for sole pos...2025
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• Feeling a draft in here (Part 1)

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Prospects, they will break your heart. Let’s look at who the Braves drafted recently and the players who were drafted around them by other teams. I’ll tell you a brief story from my intern year in baseball operations with the Atlanta Braves. It was … a while ago. But one of the main responsibilities I was warned about was that I was going to have to do all sorts ...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 8

Photo by Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images T.J. Nichols had a stellar start and is getting national attention This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the eigth week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the ...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 7

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images One of the Rays top pitching prospects has landed on the Injured List This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the seventh week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in t...2025
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Preview 5/6: Ian Anderson makes return appearance

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The former Braves top draft pick is back in the system and hoping to find a way to re-establish himself as an option among the Braves pitching plans. Tuesday brings a full slate of five games with a set of new opponents for the Atlanta Braves system. As of this writing most of the starting pitchers aren’t finalized, though one of the two already name...2025
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"Carson Williams, SS23 | R/R | 6’2” | 180AAA | ."

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"Carson Williams 65.Gary Gill Hill Carson Williams once again receives high praise from prospect pundits, with his defensive wizardry helping to make him the best shortstop prospect in all of baseball."

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"Birdsell walked three, struck out two and gave up two home runs to 2021 first-round pick Carson Williams."

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"Minter came back and struck out Carson Williams for the second out and then got Tristan Gray to fly out to end the game."

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"The Rays announced they’ve come to terms with first-round draft choice Carson Williams."

• Rays Designate Jon Heasley For Assignment, Select Andrew Wantz
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• AL Week 22 Strategy-August 23, 2025
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• Bieber is Back - August 23, 2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 18

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images Forrest Whitley has been quite good since joining the Durham Bulls This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the 18th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), there is a new #1 in the Rays system and this newcomer Ja...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 17

Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images Baseball America has updated their top 30 to include the 2025 draft class This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the 17th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), there is a new #1 in the Rays system as ...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 16

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Brody Hopkins delivered a perfect inning during the Futures Game This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the 16th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the Rays farm system is 25-y...2025
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• 2025 MLB Draft: Rays select high school SS Daniel Pierce at No. 14 overall

$5.31 million slot value The Tampa Bay Rays have selected shortstop Daniel Pierce from Mill Creek (Ga.) High School with the No. 14 pick in the first round of the 2025 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Draft Spotlight: Daniel Pierce, SS, @MCHawksBaseball Pierce is a talented defender at SS & tons of feel to control the barrel & limit the S/M. More power to come with this frame. Loud...2025
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• Baseball America has updated their top 30 Rays prospects
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 15

Photo by Natalie Buchanan/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The Rays top prospect has been placed on the Injured List This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the 15th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the R...2025
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• Rays Trade Target: Byron Buxton
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• Rays Reacts Results: Carson Williams Demoted Edition
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 18
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 15
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 7
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 6

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Suddenly Seymour is leading the Rays organization in homeruns This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the sixth week of minor league play with all of the Rays full season minor league teams having completed their first full week of pla; the Complex League ...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List

Carson Williams #65 and Brayden Taylor #93 of the Tampa Bay Rays run off the field during the first ever spring training Spring Breakout game | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Eleven new players enter the annual top prospect list. Welcome back to the annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List, a treasured tradition at the site where our community diligently votes ...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 1!

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Let’s get it started! Welcome back to the 15th annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List! Starting this list is usually not a great challenge, as there is typically a clear favorite, but we will indeed be voting each round just to see if our community agrees with the greater blogosphere. The full rules on how to vote and links to resour...2025
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin’s big day sparks United States win

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Drake Baldwin got the start for USA baseball, and he excelled to help them to a close win Drake Baldwin got the start in the United States final super round game, and Baldwin showed up to play for the United States. Baldwin found himself in a key spot in two United States rallies, the first coming in the first inning when he drew a walk and came around to sc...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin struck out to end the United States’s 8-2 loss Drake Baldwin was once again left on the bench against Chinese Taipei, and the United States lost a big one as they will now likely find themselves in the bronze medal game unless they can pull off a huge win over Venezuela on the final day of the super round. Baldwin had an at bat with two runners on in...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin notches first hit

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Baldwin had a hit and an RBI in a comfortable win for USA baseball. USA Baseball is now 2-0 in games started by Drake Baldwin, and in his third game played Baldwin finally broke through with his first hit along with driving in a run. Baldwin’s RBI came in the United States’s four-run first inning, hit ground out scoring Colby Thomas for the final run of that inni...2024
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 16
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 11

Photo by Joe Sullivan/MLB Photos via Getty Images Ian Seymour made his big league debut This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Wednesday. This was the 11th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the Rays farm system has changed once...2025
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Preview 5/6: Ian Anderson makes return appearance
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• Rays Projected 2025 Opening Day Roster

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images The offense has mostly taken shape. What’s left to do? Last season things did not go the Rays way, and the team triggered a rebuild at the trade deadline by dealing star players Randy Arozarena, Isaac Paredes, and Zach Eflin — dramatically overhauling the farm system and setting up 2025 to be a transition year. Indeed, the organization is stocked with lef...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Final: Chinese Taipei stuns Japan, wins gold medal

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Chinese Taipei pulled off an upset against the heavily-favored Samurai Japan in the gold medal final The final day of the WBSC Premier12 featured a repeat of the last day of the super round, with the United States and Venezuela matching up for the bronze medal and Chinese Taipei and Japan capping the tournament with a gold medal game. For those following the...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin’s big day sparks United States win
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin strikes out, USA opens super round with loss

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images Japan torched the United States for a blowout win, with Braves prospect Drake Baldwin having one pitch hit appearance where he struck out. Drake Baldwin didn’t get a start for the United States in their loss to Japan, though he did get an appearance late in the game as a pinch hitter. With a runner on and two outs Baldwin came in to face Japa...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin notches first hit
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• Kyle Wright debuts, Vaughn Grissom collects three hits as Braves beat Rays
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Wright allowed four runs over 2 2/3 innings in his first action of the spring. Vaughn Grissom had three hits while Matt Olson homered again to help the Atlanta Braves grab a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Kyle Wright made his spring debut and retired Yandy Diaz and Wander Franco before allowing a solo home run to Brandon Lowe on a 3-0 pitch. He then a...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Franklin homers in return; Ritchie leaves with injury
Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images It’s been 377 days since Jesse Franklin V last suited up, and in his first game back he made a bang with a long home run It was a busy day on the farm for the Atlanta Braves, with a few injury-related items headlining the action. Travis d’Arnaud made his second appearance in his rehab stint with Gwinnett, and down in Mississippi Jess...2023
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• Six Rays prospects featured among Baseball America’s Top 100

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images 2023 1st round selection Brayden Taylor was among the six The Tampa Bay Rays continue to receive excellent grades regarding their farm system. Baseball America released their list of the top 100 prospects in the game entering the 2025 season and it featured six members of the Rays organization. 11. Carson Williams 65. Brayden Taylor 80. Tre’ Morgan 87. ...2025
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• Nick Loftin, Gavin Cross headline Royals to play in Arizona Fall League

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports The league is a stepping stone to the big leagues. The Arizona Fall League announced roster today with eight Royals heading there for play - infielders Nick Loftin, Peyton Wilson, outfielder Gavin Cross, and pitchers Eric Cerantola, Rylan Kaufman, Jacob Wallace, Beck Way, and Angel Zerpa. The league is considered to be an opportunity for advanced prospects to g...2023
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• Could the Royals make a trade for Randy Arozarena work?

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Rays are reportedly listening to trade offers. Winter is coming for the Royals, and by that I mean the Winter Meetings are quick on the horizon. Hopefully, for our sake, the offseason ahead for Kansas City finishes better than the final season of Game of Thrones did. The organization made a smaller move this week, signing utilityman Garrett Hampson t...2023
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• Rays land 9 prospects on BP’s Top 101

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Carson Williams headlines the list of nine players The Tampa Bay Rays have landed nine players on Baseball Prospectus rankings of the top 101 prospects in the game entering the 2025 season. Here are where those 9 players ranked: 7. Carson Williams57. Brody Hopkins60. Jackson Baumeister67. Xavier Isaac69. Dominic Keegan70. Brayden Taylor...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Kevin Alcántara breaks out, but Smokies get walloped by Biscuits

Kevin Alcántara | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Pelicans snap their losing streak. The Smokies lose, but Kevin Alcántara breaks out with four hits. Right-handers Julio Teheran and Chris Kachmar have joined the Iowa Cubs. We have something unusual tonight. Myrtle Beach was the only team to win. Iowa Cubs Rained out. They’ll play a doubleheader tomorrow. Tennessee Smoki...2024
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• Baseball America’s top 10 Rays prospects for 2025

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Carson Williams headlines an exciting crop of Rays prospects Baseball America has released their rankings of the Tampa Bay Rays top 10 prospects entering the 2025 season, as well as indicating which players have the best tools in the system. Here is the the top ten: Carson Williams, SS Brayden Taylor, 3B Tre’ Morgan, 1B Xavier Isaac, 1B Gary Gill Hill, RHP ...2024
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• AL Week 22 Strategy-August 23, 2025
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• Bieber is Back - August 23, 2025
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• 2025 Tampa Bay Rays Top Prospects
The Rays have the deepest minor league system, and I’m not sure it’s close. The top of the system takes a hit with Junior Caminero’s promotion, but Carson Williams is no slouch. I worry about how much he’ll hit, but he has fantasy-friendly tools and can pick it at shortstop. I loved the Rays’ selection […] The post 2025 Tampa Bay Rays Top Prospects first appeared on ....2024
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• Carson Williams adjusting his approach
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• Rays top prospect Williams to start at shortstop
Carson Williams, who is ranked as the 39th best prospect by ESPN, will enter the season as the starting shortstop for the Rays after a solid spring training....2026
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• Bieber is Back - August 23, 2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 18
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• Rays Trade Target: Byron Buxton
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Preview 5/6: Ian Anderson makes return appearance
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• Ian Anderson gives up one run in his 2025 spring training debut

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The 26-year-old right-hander looked to get his spring started on a good note as the Braves had their spring home opener today. The Atlanta Braves had their spring training home opener today at CoolToday Park and it was a very intriguing occasion, indeed — all eyes were on Ian Anderson as he made his spring training debut for the year as he looks to lock d...2025
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin strikes out, USA opens super round with loss
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• Game Report for 19th Annual SAC Baseball Research Conference, TWIMBH Greatness!!

The much-anticipated annual gathering of baseball researchers at Montgomery arrived on Saturday, hosted at the Farley Auditorium at the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History. A community outreach by the Rickwood Field SABR chapter, along with the Montgomery Biscuits and their owner Lou DiBella, it marks the first time in the 21st century that Montgomery baseball history has been given the fu...2024
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