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• Rays Stun Mets in Friday Night Thriller after Six-Run Sixth: Rays 7, Mets 5

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Down 5-1, Tampa Bay flipped the switch with a furious rally capped by Jansen’s bomb and Aranda’s heroics. It wasn’t always pretty last night, but a win is a win. The Tampa Bay Rays found their Friday night groove scoring six in the sixth for a wild 7-5 comeback win over the New York Mets at Citi Field. Jonathan Aranda homered, Danny Jansen went yard, and the...2025
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• Ex-Met Jake Mangum makes most of Citi Field debut with Rays

It took six years for Mets draft pick Jake Mangum to make his debut at Citi Field — only he wasn’t wearing their uniform. It was a long and winding road that led the 29-year-old Rays rookie to Queens on Friday night. “When I got drafted and spent four years with the Mets, this is......2025
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• Player of the Series: Yandy Diaz

Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images Diaz had hits in all three games, including a game tying homerun The Tampa Bay Rays just completed a frustrating three games series with the Boston Red Sox, losing two of the three games. On Monday, the Rays blew multiple leads throughout the contest and just narrowly hung on to win the game, 10-8, in 11 innings. On Tuesday, the Rays offense hit the ball really...2025
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• Laser Show at Fenway - Rays 3, Red Sox 4

Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images All but one run came via the Long Ball in the Rays’ first series loss in a month Rays fans have been accustomed all season to expect at least one home run in a Zack Littell start, as he’s the league leader in serving up the long ball — but not four. In tonight’s getaway game for Tampa Bay, the scoring started from batter one. Jarren Duran homered to center fi...2025
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• Rays 10, Red Sox 8 (F/11): Live to tie another day

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images This game was bonkers. Happy Monday, and time for a new series! This time, it’s against division rivals, the Red Sox, and the Rays are in enemy territory for the outing. The night was also a big deal as the Sox had called up MLB’s top prospect, Roman Anthony. The Rays weren’t in the mood to be wowed by hot prospects, though. They had Shane Baz on the mound, up a...2025
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• Player of the Series: Christiopher Morel

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images I was over ruled in trying to give it to Evan Longoria When the Tampa Bay Rays acquired Christopher Morel at the 2024 trade deadline, the hope was for some immediate thump to be added to their lineup. After Morel homered in his first two games as a Ray, it seemed like they had made a good decision in trading Isaac Paredes to Chicago in order to obtain More...2025
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• Player of the Series: Drew Rasmussen

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Six shutout innings helped pave the way to the Rays lone victory of the series The Tampa Bay Rays lost a series to the Miami Marlins for the first time since 2018. Nothing really went right for the team and even in the game they won, Chandler Simpson’s face paid the price. When looking for a player that performed the best, only two hitters had a wRC+ over...2025
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• Player of the Series: Brandon Lowe

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Lowe capped off an eventful series with a two homerun game on Thursday During the Rays three game series victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, veteran second baseman Brandon Lowe broke out of a weeks long slump. Entering play on Tuesday, Lowe had seven hits over his last 52 PA and was hitting .152/.250/.304 over that span (13 games); during this series aga...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Tampa Bay Rays

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Crew heads to Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Rays of George M. Steinbrenner Field The Milwaukee Brewers are set to head to Florida as they’ll take on the Tampa Bay Rays for three games beginning Friday night. The Crew is coming off a 3-3 homestand against the Cubs and Astros, including a series win over Houston. They sit at 19-19 this season. On the other side, th...2025
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• Rays series preview: Outdoor baseball in Tampa

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How will Steinbrenner Field play? The Royals have sought to emulate the Rays in many ways, poaching manager Matt Quatraro and bench coach Paul Hoover from the organization. Owner John Sherman has talked about having a more sustainable approach to competitiveness, like the Rays have done despite a shoestring budget. The team has won fewe...2025
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• Player of the Series: Chandler Simpson

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images One of the top prospects in baseball notched his first big league hit during the series It didn’t take long for Chandler Simpson to prove he was the fastest player in baseball. Simpson’s game shattering speed made waves around the game on Sunday as he scorched a ground ball to the right side of the infield. Yankees first baseman, Paul Goldschmidt, knew he ha...2025
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• Player of the Series: Shane Baz

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Baz has been among the best starting pitchers in baseball early on Shane Baz only has three starts this year but he emerged as an early season candidate for the American League Cy Young award. The 25-year old former top prospect has been fantastic for the Rays this season and was no exception on Monday as he dominated the Boston Red Sox during the series...2025
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• Rays 0, Red Sox 1: Bright Lights, Dim Bats

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images A sharp outing from Littell was wasted as the Rays' offense could not get it going against the Red Sox. Jake Mangum may have been mic’d up for the television broadcast, but the Tampa Bay Rays’ offense was muted. After scoring at least four runs in each of their last five games, they could only manage five hits in a 1-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox. The los...2025
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• Rays 6, Pirates 1: Tropicana East elects a new Mayor

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Rasmussen returns strong and the Rays get contribution from some unlikely sources to beat the Bucs Baseball is a game of unrelenting failure. At the very best, at a Hall of Fame level, you are still failing the majority of the time. That’s the beauty of this game. Much like life, there’s failures, you get knocked down, and when you persevere and find yoursel...2025
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• Rays Opening Day roster for 2025 appears set

Mason Englert wins the bullpen competition. | Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Pending no further injuries, the Rays roster is ready for Opening Day. After several roster moves, the Rays lineup appears to be set. Here’s the latest projection for Opening Day. * left-handed hitter** switch hitter Starting Lineup C — Danny Jansen 1B — Yandy Diaz 2B — Brandon Lowe* 3B ...2025
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• Strider strikes out six, offense struggles as Braves fall to Rays

Albies went yard vs the Rays | Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Spencer Strider looked sharp, and Ozzie Albies went yard. Other than that, we can be thankful this was just a spring training game. With only four more spring training games left before the regular season begins, Spencer Strider took the mound for the Atlanta Braves against the Tampa Bay Rays featuring a sparkling 0.00 ERA and b...2024
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images I wish I could give it to all three starters! With Adam on vacation this week, I’ve had the opportunity to write this week’s Player of the Series articles, and the power is thrilling. I can choose anyone! Maybe I could even choose the fans! Because, in addition to the great bucket hat catch on Memorial Day, we were treated to this bro who celebrated catchin...2025
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"The Rays have the sixth-most steals in baseball as a team, with Jake Mangum a perfect 8-for-8 in attempts."

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"Bummer struck out Jake Mangum to end the inning."

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"Then the second time through the lineup leadoff hitter Jake Mangum jumped on Rangel early, tripling to set up the third run of the game as Amaya brought him home on a sacrifice fly."

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"The Marlins have acquired minor league outfielder Jake Mangum from the Mets, tweets Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald."

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"Jake Mangum sat down to break down some of his best moments from his senior season at Mississippi State."

• Ex-Met Jake Mangum makes most of Citi Field debut with Rays
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• Player of the Series: Christiopher Morel
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• Rasmussen and a wild sixth shut down Texas - Rays 5, Rangers 1

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Kameron and Caminero hit moonshots worth watching. This game was two completely different viewing experiences. For the first five innings it was a pitcher’s duel, and despite an inconsistent strike zone, it was Drew Rasmussen who came out ahead. He struck out eight batters over five scoreless innings, bringing his stretch of strong outings to 23 innings with...2025
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Littell did we know we knew so little In a series that featured the Tampa Bay Rays plating double digit runs twice and out scoring the Houston Astros, 30-9 there are several players worthy of receiving this accolade. There was Junior Caminero doing something that only a few other 21-year olds in baseball history have done. Taj Bradley was excellent over 7 IP in a...2025
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• Player of the Series: Drew Rasmussen
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• Player of the Series: Travis Jankowski

Photo by Kelly Gavin/Getty Images The journeyman outfielder made his presence known this past weekend A month ago, the Chicago White Sox, a team that was historically awful in 2024 and off to an abysmal 2025 start, didn’t believe having Travis Jankowski on their active roster made them a better team. He was designated for assignment on April 6th, cleared waivers, and accepted his assignmen...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Tampa Bay Rays
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• Player of the Series: Shane Baz
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• Player of the Series: Joe Boyle

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Five no-hit innings from a spot-starter is a nice surprise Joe Boyle might just have the nastiest arsenal in all of baseball. A ridiculous fastball that ranks among the league’s best with secondary pitches that are among the top of the charts in movement and velocity. Command has been the issue for Boyle and has held him back from joining the upper echelon ...2025
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• Player of the Series: Jose Caballero

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Caballero’s grand slam gave the Rays their lone victory of the series It was a series worth forgetting for the Tampa Bay Rays as they lost two of the three games to the Los Angeles Angels. However, the middle game of the set did feature a bright spot as Jose Caballero launched the first grand slam of his career and the Rays needed every run it provided as th...2025
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• Rays 10, Red Sox 8 (F/11): Live to tie another day
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• Rays 5, Rangers 4: Can’t Knock The Hustle

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Mangum and J. Lowe steal bags, Aranda scores from second on a ground ball to first as Tampa Bay wins series vs. Rangers Kumar Rocker gave the Dawg a bone, as Brandon Lowe connected on a solo shot for his 12th of the year to open this evening’s scoring. 1-0 Rays. Brandon Lowe hit a Home Run to dead center that bounces off the batters eye and hits Evan Ca...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Tampa Bay Rays
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• Rays 1, DBacks 5: (No) Good Luck, Babe

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Rays lose the typical way for TB in 25: bats failing to finish rally, SP gives up HRs, and bullpen adds even more runs. The Rays are in such a weird spot right now. It’s easy to claim that they are just a bad team. It’s easy to just lament this is the same song and dance from 2024. But the reality is far stranger. Tonight, much like the rest of the...2025
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• Rays Reacts Results: Will Misner and Mangum make it?

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Y’all voted! Here are the results. Our Rays Reacts survey, brought to you by FanDuel, is in! We asked whether y’all thought the farm boys Kameron Misner and Jake Mangum were here to stay. There was decent action suggesting only Misner would stick around — and that’s fair, based on pedigree — but generally speaking there was a resounding decision in the...2025
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• Player of the Series: Joe Boyle
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• King for a Day - April 2, 2025
Michael King, SP (SD) King was dominant on Tuesday, striking out 11 batters in five innings while allowing only two hits and one walk. King finished with a 40% CSW rate, including nine whiffs on his four-seam fastball. King only allowed one ball in play to be hit over 80 miles per hour, a nice turnaround after allowing a 95.2-mph average exit velocity to the Braves on Opening Day. King has the abi...2025
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• Tampa Bay Rays 2024 Spring Training Leaders

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It was a Spring to remember for some; for others a Spring to forget After six grueling agonizingly long weeks, Spring Training is mercifully over. The highly anticipated yet quickly yawn inducing schedule of about 30 exhibition games has reached its conclusion with the Rays and Tigers playing to a 3-3 tie on Tuesday afternoon. All of th...2024
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• Strider strikes out six, offense struggles as Braves fall to Rays
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• Rays Stun Mets in Friday Night Thriller after Six-Run Sixth: Rays 7, Mets 5
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• Rays 10, Red Sox 8 (F/11): Live to tie another day
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• Rays 0 Astors 1: Petty Tyranny

Thomas Shea-Imagn Images Some games are just dumb. A 1st inning unearned run, bad umpiring, and putrid luck spoil a gem from Taj Coming into this Sunday matchup the Rays were playing with house money. Already securing the series split on the road vs a good Astros team in Houston. After they were able to get to Hunter Brown back in Tampa under a sweltering sun, the young Cy Young candidate ...2025
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• Rays 16 Astros 3: Could this team be a contender?

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images When you see great pitching, strong defense, and crazy good hitting you start to dream Generally when I write a recap I settle on a key storyline. A particular position player with a few clutch hits. An impressive pitching start. A key defensive play that became a turning point. Today, however, I’m not sure where to start. Should we talk about the first complete ...2025
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• Rays 7, D-Backs 6: A Thriller in the Desert

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Local stingray goes through a roller coaster of emotions This game had everything: Multiple lead changes Three hits from Yandy Diaz Dingers Kameron Misner getting tagged out after popping up from a slide MTV’s Dan Cortez Jokes aside, this win did not come easy. A dramatic double play with the bases loaded in the top of the 11th inning is what it took to cap this...2025
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• Rays 1, DBacks 5: (No) Good Luck, Babe
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• Player of the Series: Chandler Simpson
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• Rays 10, Yankees 8: So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance..?

Jonathan Aranda’s eventful day caps off a four-run rally in the ninth What. A. Game. wheeeeeee! pic.twitter.com/hJnJOfPWJG— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 19, 2025 From start to finish, Tampa Bay had to gut today’s ballgame out. Chandler Simpson made his debut, as he started in centerfield and hit leadoff. Simpson had about 10 family and friends that he left tickets for, and a few more...2025
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• Rays 6, Pirates 1: Tropicana East elects a new Mayor
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• Strider strikes out six, offense struggles as Braves fall to Rays
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• Marlins Acquire Jake Mangum From Mets
The Marlins have acquired minor league outfielder Jake Mangum from the Mets, tweets Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald. He’s the player to be named later in the deal that sent Elieser Hernández and Jeff Brigham to Queens last month. A college star at Mississippi State, Mangum hit .357/.420/.457 over four seasons in Starkville. A fourth-round senior sign…...2022
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• Chris Sale strikes out six in Braves’ loss to Rays

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Sale looked good again striking out six in 3 1/3 innings. Chris Sale struck out six and Ronald Acuña Jr. returned to the lineup for the first time in a couple of weeks in a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Sale made his fourth appearance of the spring for the Braves Thursday. He retired the first two hitters he faced in the first before Randy Arozarena ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Vaughn Grissom returns, Jesse Chavez dominates in rehab outing

Photo Credit: Mills Fitzner It was a good day for those returning from the IL in Gwinnett, as Vaughn Grissom made his first start in a couple of weeks and Jesse Chavez struck out the side As we wind down the season much of the hope is that everyone ends the season in good health, and for Gwinnett two players who could play a role in the postseason in Atlanta did well to prove that. Vaughn ...2023
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• Mets prospect Jake Mangum comes from family loaded with football experience

Mets prospect Jake Mangum grew up in a football family, and he tries to bring that sport’s mentality to the baseball field....2022
• Strider strikes out six, offense struggles as Braves fall to Rays
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• Latest On Rays’ Roster Plans
The Rays reassigned right-handers Naoyuki Uwasawa, Burch Smith, and Joe Record, catchers Francisco Mejia and Rob Brantly, and outfielder Jake Mangum to their minor league camp on Friday. Manager Kevin Cash told reporters (including Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times) that while none of the six players would be making the Opening Day roster,…...2024
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• Rays Designate Richard Lovelady For Assignment
The Rays announced Tuesday that they’ve designated left-hander Richard Lovelady for assignment. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to outfielder Jake Mangum, whose contract has been selected. Mangum’s selection to the roster protects him from next month’s Rule 5 Draft. Lovelady, 29, split the 2024 season between the Cubs and Rays, struggling with…...2024
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• Braves Trot out usual suspects in series finale

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Meanwhile, the Rays stack the deck to try to out Sale. Heading into the final game of a three-game set, here are today’s lineups. The Braves run out a fairly standard lineup, with Eli White out in left instead of Bryan de la Cruz. Nick Allen continues to get some run out there as he’s hitting .346/.370/.423 (126 wRC+) on the young season. The ....2025
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• King for a Day - April 2, 2025
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• Player of the Series: Christiopher Morel
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• Player of the Series: Junior Caminero

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The speedster stole home and also scored a winning run from second on an infield single Earlier this season, the Tampa Bay Rays were swept in a three game series in Texas against the Rangers. Over the past three days, the Rays returned the favor in Tampa as they took all three games against the Rangers. The starting pitching was solid for the Rays and th...2025
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• Rays 5, Rangers 4: Can’t Knock The Hustle
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell
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• Rays 0 Astors 1: Petty Tyranny
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell
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• Player of the Series: Junior Caminero

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images A sweep made this a hard decision. There were a lot of candidates for the Rays player of the series, as it should be when you sweep a division rival. Ryan Pepiot pitched 7 scoreless, Brandon Lowe homered in his third straight game, but Junior Caminero truly showed up to play, essentially batting .500 over the weekend while playing some dazzling defense. I...2025
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• Player of the Series: Drew Rasmussen
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• Player of the Series: Brandon Lowe
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Tampa Bay Rays
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• Rays 0, Red Sox 1: Bright Lights, Dim Bats
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