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• Royals Place Cole Ragans On IL With Elbow Impingement
The Royals announced that left-hander Cole Ragans has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to May 7th, due to a left elbow impingement. They also optioned lefty Eric Cerantola. In corresponding moves, they have recalled right-handers Stephen Kolek and Steven Cruz. Ragans started for Kansas City on Wednesday and departed after throwing 58 […]...2026
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• Royals say Ragans dealing with pitcher's elbow
Royals left-hander Cole Ragans has been diagnosed with valgus extension overload, otherwise known as pitcher's elbow, after leaving his start against the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday....2026
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• Royals Notes: Ragans, Rotation, Estévez
The Royals got a bit of injury scare yesterday with Cole Ragans departing his start. He’ll continue to be evaluated but the Royals appear to be hopeful that the move was precautionary and that Ragans won’t need to go on the injured list. Ragans threw 58 pitches over three innings before departing last night. After […]...2026
• Royals' Ragans removed after 3 scoreless innings
Royals starter Cole Ragans was removed after three scoreless innings and 58 pitches against Cleveland on Wednesday night because of left triceps/elbow soreness....2026
• Starting to Meet Expectations- Player Commentary- April 26, 2026
Cole Ragans- P- KC- Hot- Ragans finally looked like himself last night. He allowed 1 run on 5 hits, walked no one, and struck out 11 in 6 IP. Ragans threw 99 pitches, 70 of them strikes. He says that he worked on correcting some mechanical flaws that impacted his 8-walk performance in his last start. Ragans has been inconsistent this season, but this is his first dominant performance. He flirted w...2026
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• Royals Notes: Ragans, Rotation, Estévez
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• Royals' Ragans removed after 3 scoreless innings
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• 3 homers, strong start by Chris Sale carry Braves to 6-0 win over Royals on opening night in Atlanta
The Braves homered three times to back six strong innings by Chris Sale, leading Atlanta to a 6-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on opening night Friday. Coming off an injury plagued season that ended their streak of seven straight playoff appearances and already plagued by an ailing starting rotation, Sale (1-0) provided just what the Braves needed. Ozzie Albies homered in the first, reign...2026
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• Preseason Prep - March 11, 2026
Jesus Luzardo, SP, Phillies Jesus Luzardo just signed a five-year, $135 million extension with the Phillies on Monday. That's certainly a vote of confidence for the lefty by his club, and it makes sense after his 2025 performance. He posted a 3.92 ERA and 1.22 WHIP with 216 strikeouts in 183.2 innings, going 15-7 with 18 quality starts. The ratios don't look the best, but they were also significan...2026
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• Preseason Prep - February 17, 2026
Jac Caglianone, 1B, Kansas City Royals Caglianone had a down rookie season on the surface, slashing just .157/.237/.295. Very uninspiring for such a promising prospect. However, given Caglianone's effectively free price at 255 ADP, I can't help but draft him everywhere. Caglianone is still a blue chip prospect with top of the scale raw power. His bat speed was one of the fastest in the bigs last y...2026
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• Maikel Garcia is also an All-Star

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images The Royals now have four All-Stars Just minutes after announcing Carlos Estévez would take the place of Jacob DeGrom on the All-Star Roster, Maikel Garcia has been announced to take the spot of Tampa Bay’s Brandon Lowe, who is out with an injury to his side. Maikel makes the squad! Maikel Garcia has been added to the American League All-Star team!— Kansas ...2025
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• Ragans to 60-day IL, Cam Devanney gets selected to the big league roster

Cam Devanney will put on a Royals uniform during the regular season for the first time tonight | Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Mark Canha has an elbow injury. The Royals made another roster move today. We have made the following roster moves:— Kansas City Royals (@royals.com) 2025-07-08T19:02:43.623Z Cole Ragans has been transferred to the 60-day IL, Mark Canha has been placed on the 10-d...2025
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• Royals Select Cam Devanney, Transfer Cole Ragans To 60-Day IL
The Royals announced today that they have selected the contract of infielder/outfielder Cam Devanney. In a corresponding active roster move, outfielder Mark Canha has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to left elbow epicondylitis. To open a 40-man spot, left-hander Cole Ragans was transferred to the 60-day IL. More to come....2025
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• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitching

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) reacts after a solo home run against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning during game two of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images And a Salvador Perez home run! This series was supposed to be a quick and easy one for the New York Yankees. It has not been. New York barely managed to escape the fi...2024
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• Royals relievers ruin Ragans’s ruby, rupture 4-3

Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports The bullpen collapsed late. In a game delayed over five hours by rain, the Kansas City Royals led for most of the game before collapsing in the eighth and ninth innings as the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 4-3 walk-off victory. The Royals wasted little time in getting the party started. After Maikel Garcia went down on strikes, Bobby Witt Jr. roped a doubl...2024
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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Outstanding pitching offset many missed opportunities offensively Cole Ragans shoved and Kansas City rode early offense to a 4-0 win over the New York Mets this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Ragans got off to an inauspicious start, putting the first two batters of the game on base. However, he managed to bear down and retire the next three to snuff the threat....2023
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"The Royals announced that left-hander Cole Ragans has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to May 7th, due to a left elbow impingement."

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"With Maikel’s inclusion, the Royals are up to four All-Stars, same as last year when Witt, Seth Lugo, Cole Ragans, and Salvador Perez all went."

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"The Royals improve to 13-7 and will take on the Orioles again tomorrow evening at 6:10 when Cole Ragans takes on Corbin Burnes."

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"Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Cole Ragans was sharp in Wrigley."

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"Texas placed southpaw Cole Ragans on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to August 23, due to a left calf strain."

2018
"Left-handed pitcher Cole Ragans, who was the Rangers' Number 1 pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, has a torn ligament in his elbow and will undergo Tommy John surgery."

2017
"Cole Ragans did not make it a secret when the Rangers made him their first-round pick in the 2016 Draft."

2016
"The Rangers have agreed to terms with their first-round Draft pick, left-hander Cole Ragans."

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• Royals Select Cam Devanney, Transfer Cole Ragans To 60-Day IL
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• It’s time for Alec Zumwalt to go

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals offense is failing, and something needs to be done. The Royals have long been an offensively-challenged club, thanks in part to the stadium they play in. But they have taken their offensive ineptitude to new depths this year. They are dead last in baseball in runs scored per-game at 3.30. They have been shut out ten times this ...2025
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• Kansas City’s playoff hopes are fading fast

Athletics left fielder Tyler Soderstrom (21) steals second base against Kansas City Royals second baseman Nick Loftin (12) in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images They have to start winning very soon In a game, a “win condition” is a set of actions that, when accomplished, lead to a victory. The phrase has a longer history in card games and role playing games, ...2025
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• Cole Ragans is battling his command

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Ragans has struggled with locating his pitches during his recent rough stretch The Kansas City Royals just took two of three games against the St Louis Cardinals thanks to some strong offensive showings, which we haven’t been able to say very much this year. It was good to see the hitters pick up the pitchers for a change; it’s a long season, and good teams will be ...2025
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• The evolution of Kris Bubic

Kris Bubic #50 of the Kansas City Royals pitches against the San Francisco Giants | Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Royals’ lefty has come out of left field to become a dark horse Cy Young candidate. What the heck happened? Kris Bubic has been one of the best starting pitchers in baseball this year. This is true by just about any metric. ERA: 1.47 (third in baseball) WHIP: 1.06 (20th) ...2025
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• Freddy Fermín, Royals walk off 2-1 victory in 12th inning

Freddy Fermín is the hero again. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images A pitcher’s duel kept either team from scoring until extras. Eventually, someone had to blink. Eventually, someone had to score a run. In a pitcher’s duel, it took all the way until extra innings for any of that to happen. Finally, in the 11th inning, with the extra inning runner, the Red Sox managed to score their guy o...2025
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• Cole Ragans and the pitching staff dominates as Royals win 3-0 shutout over White Sox

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals pitcher Cole Ragans (55) throws in the first inning against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images It was a great time. In their first game against the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Royals handed them their 25th loss in a 3-0 victory. The big story of the game was the return of Cole Ragans to the mound afte...2025
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• Cole Ragans scratched from Wednesday’s start, Noah Cameron to be called up to make MLB debut

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The St. Joe’s native will make his MLB debut The Royals announced Cole Ragans will not make his regularly scheduled start on Wednesday due to a mild groin injury he suffered on Saturday. Instead the team will call up left-hander Noah Cameron to make his MLB debut. Cameron hails from St. Joseph, Missouri and attended St. Joseph Central High Sc...2025
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• Royals lose brutal 1-0 game against the Yankees

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Gut punch... Today, the Royals took a heartbreaking loss in a battle with the New York Yankees that came down to the wire but ended up resulting in a brutal 1-0 loss. The Royals had opportunities to score and cost runners on base, and allowed a run on a brutal series of events in the eighth inning. Kansas City heads into a home series with the Athletic...2025
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• Noah Cameron should remain in the rotation

There have been a lot of smiles for Noah Cameron since he was selected to the Royals’ roster. | Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images This is not complicated. You don’t need me to tell you this, but I like saying it, so I’ll tell you anyway. Noah Cameron has been very good for the Kansas City Royals. He’s on all kinds of leaderboards as the only or one of a handful of pitchers who have accom...2025
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• The evolution of Kris Bubic
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• 5 things that stick out over the Royals’ first 10 games of 2025

Hunter Renfroe #16 of the Kansas City Royals takes the field during the game between the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, March 30, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The bullpen? Nice. The outfield? Not exactly so. There’s a metaphorical magnifying glass hovering above the beginning of each MLB s...2025
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• Royals blow three-run lead to Guardians in 7-4 Opening Day loss

Kansas City Royals outfielder Dairon Blanco (44) is caught in a rundown by Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (11) during the eighth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images The game was a mixed bag The Kansas City Royals lost Opening Day 2025 to the Cleveland Guardians 7-4 in front of a sellout crowd at Kauffman Stadium. Vinnie Pasquantino provided the power ...2025
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• Royals fall to the Mets 3-1

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images The hot bats have gone quiet once again Let’s get the obvious part out of the way. For the second straight game against the Mets, the Royals saw a number of...questionable balls and strikes called against them. Also for the second straight game, the Royals saw a runner attempt to steal second late in a very close contest, appear to beat the throw handily, and ...2025
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• Cole Ragans and the pitching staff dominates as Royals win 3-0 shutout over White Sox
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• The offense flashes and the Royals win 7-4 over the Rockies

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Royals put together 13 hits ending their 4 or less runs scored streak and get a big win in game one of their doubleheader Today in Kansas City, the Royals took on the Rockies in the first game of a double header with hopes to get back on track to win the series. Coming off a big win on Tuesday with a walk-off hit from Freddy Fermin, the Royals looked to c...2025
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• Royals blow three-run lead to Guardians in 7-4 Opening Day loss
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• When you win games and spend money, players want to be on your team

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Who knew? Kansas City was once the Siberia of baseball. Free agents only came here if they had nowhere else to go. The Royals got all sorts of veterans looking for one last chance to prove themselves after injuries and bad seasons. Chuck Knoblauch. Juan Gonzalez. Scott Elarton. You never got the feeling any of these guys wanted to be here, only that they stil...2024
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• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitching
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• Royals lose seesaw affair, 6-5

Kansas City Royals pitcher John Schreiber (46) reacts during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees during game one of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images Neither team’s best MVP candidate could come up with a hit in this one From the first inning it was obvious that neither team was going to be content to have one of the low-scoring affa...2024
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• Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez

Anthony Gruppuso-Imagn Images Salvy stayed with Kansas City through the wilderness and made it to the other side On a brisk October night in 2010, Citizens Bank Park buzzed with anticipation and nervous energy. The back-to-back National League champs entered the seventh inning down a run against the Cincinnati Reds, facing rookie phenom Aroldis Chapman. They rallied. Chase Utley hustled P...2024
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• Game 1 of the Wild Card series was played on the Royals’ terms

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The momentum has shifted. The Royals won 86 games in the regular season, fewer than any team in the post-season except the Tigers. Twelve of those wins came against the embarrassing White Sox - the Royals went 74-75 against everyone else. For most of the year, they had one of the worst bullpen in baseball, and in September they had THE worst offense in base...2024
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• Frustration and change give way to October, at last

Pinch me, I’m dreaming. It took 3,253 days for the Kansas City Royals to find redemption. That’s how many days we’ve seen since the Royals won the World Series on November 1, 2015. In the eight seasons following the team’s victory over New York, the win-loss record finished at 499-695. From 2016 through 2023, the team saw three Managers, two General Managers, and two team Owners. Long-time owner, ...2024
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• Bobby does it again! Homer lifts Royals to 4-3 win over Cubs

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Cole Ragans was sharp in Wrigley. Cody Ragans was strong for six innings but it was a Bobby Witt Jr. two-run home run gave the Royals a lead they would not relinquish in a 4-3 win over the Cubs Friday afternoon. The Royals got on the board in the third inning off Cubs starter Jameson Taillon when Drew Waters led off with a single and stole second, setting...2023
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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
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• Braves break out of slump in 12-0 beatdown of Rangers
Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports The Braves got back into the win column and did so in incredibly emphatic fashion with a huge night at the plate and a shutdown night on the mound. While tonight's game between the Atlanta Braves and the Texas Rangers may not have had anything to do with what transpired over the weekend in Canada, it sure was gratifying to see the Braves snap their losing strea...2023
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• Cole Ragans, Bobby Witt Jr. lift Royals to 4-0 shutout win over Athletics

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Ragans is throwing fire! Cole Ragans pitched perhaps his best MLB game, tossing six shutout innings while Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run as the Royals shut the Athletics out 4-0 to salvage the series in Oakland. The Royals got on the board in the third inning off A’s starter Adrian Martinez when Dairon Blanco hit a solo home run, the...2023
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• Rangers Acquire Aroldis Chapman
The Rangers announced they’ve acquired Aroldis Chapman from the Royals. Left-hander Cole Ragans and outfield prospect Roni Cabrera are going back to Kansas City in return. It’s the biggest trade of the season thus far. It’s one that has seemed a natural fit for some time. Chapman was arguably the top rental reliever available this summer. Texas has…...2023
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• Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports ... and, my friends, this was the game of the year. So far, anyway. As baseball fans, each and every one of us lives for moments like we had at Wrigley Field Wednesday evening, a game in which our team seems headed for an inevitable, crushing defeat and then in a matter of just a few seconds, we are all sent into indescribable joy. Or, as a friend of mine...2023
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• Royals come up clutch with two outs, Marsh sharp in 9-4 win over Orioles

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Royals have won nine straight at home. Alec Marsh tossed 5 2⁄3 innings of scoreless baseball and the offense erupted for eight runs in the sixth and seventh innings as the Royals defeated the Orioles 9-4 on Friday evening. The Royals scored all nine runs with two outs in the inning. Marsh hit Gunnar Henderson to begin the game, then gave up a single to...2024
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• First-round left-hander Ragans signs for $2M
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• Angels vs. Royals prediction: MLB Saturday picks, odds, bets
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• Twins vs. Royals odds, prediction: MLB picks, best bets Thursday

Stitches predicts Cole Ragans will rebound from his rough season debut and will help lead the host Royals past the Twins on Thursday afternoon....2026
• 3 homers, strong start by Chris Sale carry Braves to 6-0 win over Royals on opening night in Atlanta
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• Colorado Rockies spring training game no. 29 thread: Kyle Freeland vs. Cole Ragans

Yesterday, facing off against Nick Pivetta and what may well have been a preview of the Padres Opening Day lineup, the Rockies managed a convincing 9-3 victory. Combining 14 hits across ten different batters, the offensive outburst was a team effort. Similarly, on the pitching side, six different pitchers combined to only allow four hits […]...2026
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• Royals fall to the Mets 3-1
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• Maikel Garcia is also an All-Star
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• Ragans to 60-day IL, Cam Devanney gets selected to the big league roster
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• What a difference competent leadership makes

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Kansas City Royals pitching has gone from an expectation of bottom feeding to the top half of the MLB very quickly. Fangraphs finished their positional power rankings for 2025 last week and the one thing that really stood out to me was the opinion on the Royals pitching as a whole. Royals pitching has been bad to terrible for a very ...2025
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• This year’s Royals are better on paper but will that translate to more wins?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals look better on paper, but they might not win as many games as the 2024 version. The roster that the Royals having heading into the 2025 regular season is just better than what they started with last season. That does not mean they will win more games than the 2024 Royals, but I do like that this front office seems to improve the roster yearly. Let’...2025
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• It’s okay to believe once again

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Maybe this year is different. Blind optimism isn’t easy to find for fans of the Kansas City Royals. The team hasn’t finished above .500 since 2015 when they won the World Series. Although the losses have far outweighed the win total, there has still been some reason for hope to close out nearly every season in that span. Just as the Royals have an uncanny a...2023
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