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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies and the quest for the “big hit”

Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, May 29, 2025 The pesky thing about baseball is that to win games, you have to score more runs than the opposing team. An inability to score runs has made this fact abundantly clear for the historically bad Colorado Rockies in 2025. Sitting with both the worst record in baseball and worst run differential, th...2025
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• Rockies Outright Lucas Gilbreath
The Rockies announced that left-hander Lucas Gilbreath has cleared waivers and been sent outright to Triple-A Albuquerque. He had been designated for assignment on the weekend to make room on the roster for Alan Trejo. Gilbreath, 29, once seemed to be cementing himself as a solid piece of the Colorado bullpen. Over the 2021 and…...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Tested depth exposes more of the Rockies’ flaws

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 28th, 2025 Despite non-tendering second baseman Brendan Rodgers over the off-season, the Colorado Rockies entered spring training in 2025 with what seemed like a surplus of infield goods. Now one month into the regular season and with a miserable 4-23 record, the Rockies’ depth is be...2025
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• Rockies Designate Lucas Gilbreath For Assignment
The Rockies announced a series of roster moves this morning, including their previously reported trade for infielder Alan Trejo. Trejo has been selected to the roster, with catcher Braxton Fulford having been optioned to make room for Trejo on the active roster. Southpaw Lucas Gilbreath was designated for assignment to clear space for Trejo on…...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: An early evaluation of Chase Dollander

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 21st, 2025 Colorado Rockies top pitching prospect Chase Dollander (no. 1 PuRP) has now made his first three big league starts after getting called up in early April. There’s been a lot to like watching the budding star from Rocky Top, drafted ninth overall by the Rockies in the 2023 draft. ...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Has Kris Bryant’s Rockies tenure come to an end?

Photo by Vincent Mizzoni/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 17th, 2025 Rough, man. I’ll be honest, I was excited at first. I mean, you can go back and listen to the emergency podcast Skyler and I did the night that we found out former MVP Kris Bryant was going to become the new lynchpin of the Colorado Rockies lineup for years to come. Sure, we ...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: Manager and Coaching Staff

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Bud Black will be back for his 9th season as the Colorado manager Despite six-straight losing seasons, including a pair of 100-plus loss seasons, the Rockies are sticking with their coaching staff, but just in a smaller form in 2025. For the third-straight season, the Rockies coaching staff looks much like it did the year before. While manager Bud Black, bench co...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: Bullpen

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images It’ll likely be a season of growing pains for the young Rockies relief corps Well, here we are again. We once again enter the season with multiple questions lingering over the Colorado Rockies bullpen. They once again found themselves trailing behind every other team in baseball in terms of ERA, hits allowed, WHIP... you get the gist. It was another rou...2025
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, March 2025

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How do things look to start 2025? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 69 players across 28 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who missed a few write-ups or even who has a more casu...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: A too-early look at who could miss the Opening Day roster

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 3rd, 2025 With ten games under their belt so far in spring training, the Colorado Rockies are off to a strong 7-3 start. The Rockies made their first round of camp cuts on Sunday and none of the five names were terribly unexpected. Right-handed reliever Tommy Doyle—signed to a minor league deal this o...2025
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (14 February 2025)

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Today’s focus was on lefty relievers. Today’s notes are short since only Bud Black spoke with media. (Perhaps everyone else got their work in and headed out to enjoy Valentine’s Day.) At any rate, here’s what’s on the mind of the Colorado Rockies manager: During the offseason, Lucas Gilbreath had surgery to relieve some pressure from his neck-shoulder area and...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Could 2019 be the Rockies’ most successful recent draft?

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 4th, 2025 The Colorado Rockies have struggled to extract big league talent from their drafts over the last ten years, especially when it comes to their early round selections. From 2015 through 2024 the Rockies draft has produced just 36 players to make their MLB debut, and only 30 of those players did so for t...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: An early look at spring training for the Rockies

Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, January 17, 2025 With an arctic blast descending on Colorado this weekend and temperatures reaching well below zero, it’s a good time to think about spring training in the Cactus League, specifically near Scottsdale, Arizona where temperatures average in the mid-70s in February and will be in the mid-60s this weekend. ...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour

Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, September 19, 2024 I was eight years old when it was announced that Colorado would be awarded a baseball franchise. Born and raised in the state of Colorado, up until that point, I was naturally a fan of the Bash Brother-led Oakland Athletics, with a father who grew up in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado as a fan of the Big Red Machine in the 70s. My...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Unanimous

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies recap and discussion thread for Saturday, November 18 and Sunday, November 19, 2023 The weekend is a great time to kick back and reflect. This Week in Purple is the place to catch up on the news from our team at Purple Row. You’ll find links to Rockpiles and other content below as well as a platform for community discussio...2023
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• Friday Rockpile: To ink or not to ink: Rockies interesting connection to MLB pitcher tattoo rule

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, November 17, 2023 Kyle Freeland’s right arm is a treasure trove of tattoos. It’s covered with Colorado tributes like a columbine, numbers 303 and 5,280, mountains, evergreens, snow, letters and symbols for his family, Machine Gun Kelly lyrics, a clock that says 8:14, memorializing the moment the Rockies drafted hi...2023
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"Carson Palmquist, Dugan Darnell, and Lucas Gilbreath all got tagged for runs in the loss, while Juan Mejia’s two scoreless frames kept the Isotopes within striking distance."

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"Meanwhile, left-handed Colorado native Lucas Gilbreath has returned to the mound for the first time since August 2022 after Tommy John surgery, and 22-year-old rookie Angel Chivilli has now pitched 7 1⁄3 scoreless innings across seven appearances in the month of August."

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"There is still a chance at a reunion but with the addition of Beeks the Rockies have Evan Justice, Justin Bruihl, and Lucas Gilbreath as possibilities out of the pen."

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"The Rockies announced that left-hander Lucas Gilbreath has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to a left elbow flexor strain."

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"Giants first baseman Brandon Belt was hit on the left thumb by a Lucas Gilbreath pitch during the seventh inning of San Francisco’s 6-2 win over the Rockies today."

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"They selected the contracts of infielder-outfilder Bret Boswell, left-hander Lucas Gilbreath and Helcris Olivarez, and infielder Colton Welker in corresponding moves."

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• Monday Rockpile: Tested depth exposes more of the Rockies’ flaws
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• Monday Rockpile: An early evaluation of Chase Dollander
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• Thursday Rockpile: Has Kris Bryant’s Rockies tenure come to an end?
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• State of the Position, 2025: Manager and Coaching Staff
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• State of the Position, 2025: Bullpen
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, March 2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Could 2019 be the Rockies’ most successful recent draft?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Six things we learned at Rockies Fest

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, January 28, 2025 On Saturday, a snow-covered Coors Field welcomed fans to Rockies Fest 2025. A staff member told me 5,000 fans were expected to attend, and although I cannot confirm that number, it was a busy — if cold — day at the ballpark. Clearly, Rockies Fest is a feel-goo...2025
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• Colorado Rockies 2025 arbitration tracker

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Today’s the deadline for teams and arbitration-eligible players to come to terms on a 2025 contract. Today marks Major League Baseball’s arbitration deadline. Teams and arbitration-eligible players have until 1:00 pm ET to arrive at an agreement to avoid the arbitration process. If that fails, both parties must exchange salary figures by tonight. The ...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: An early evaluation of Chase Dollander
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• State of the Position, 2025: Manager and Coaching Staff
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• Monday Rockpile: A too-early look at who could miss the Opening Day roster
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 18, Jalen Beeks

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The lefty veteran stepped in as the closer until he was traded to the Pirates You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s dra...2024
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• Luis Peralta and some Rockies pitching trends

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The young, exciting lefty talent is part of a growing trend within the Rockies’ pitching scouting and development. It’s well documented that the Colorado Rockies have tried all sorts of pitching ideas and philosophies throughout their now more than three decades of existence, most not turning out all that well, even after experiencing initial success. Even...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Will the Colorado Rockies have another 100-loss season?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, August 29, 2024 We’re fast entering the homestretch of the Colorado Rockies 2024 season. This morning, Patrick Lyons of Just Baseball posted this: The toughest remaining schedule in MLB belongs to the Colorado Rockies who need to go 13-15 in order to avoid losing 100 games for the second year in a row. pi...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Will the Colorado Rockies have another 100-loss season?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, August 29, 2024 We’re fast entering the homestretch of the Colorado Rockies 2024 season. This morning, Patrick Lyons of Just Baseball posted this: The toughest remaining schedule in MLB belongs to the Colorado Rockies who need to go 13-15 in order to avoid losing 100 games for the second year in a row. pi...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, August 19th, 2024 As the Colorado Rockies are barreling towards their second-consecutive 100-loss season, there’s no doubt that a struggling bullpen has been one of the key factors of yet another lost season. For the third-straight season, the Colorado bullpen is the worst in Major League Ba...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: An early evaluation of Chase Dollander
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (18 February 2025)

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Today involved a wide range of questions and an interview with Michael Toglia. Today, in addition to Bud Black and Michael Toglia, general manager Bill Schmidt took questions from the press. The topics covered were diverse. Bud Black Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black stressed that this team has more depth. “The depth piece is much improved,” Black...2025
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (14 February 2025)
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Six things we learned at Rockies Fest
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• Tuesday Rockpile: A letter to Santa for the Colorado Rockies

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, December 24, 2024 Dear Santa: As you prepare to leave the North Pole with your sleigh packed with gifts for good children everywhere, we here at Purple Row wanted to add a few requests for our friends, the Colorado Rockies. True, they were not a very good team in 2024, but they seem like nice folks, and we’re ...2024
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• Lucas Gilbreath’s return is a long time coming

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports After missing almost two full years of action, “Gilly” is back - and he's been hard at work Two years is a long time. It's enough time to make a movie or get halfway through high school. It’s as long as Gunther's reign as Intercontinental Champion. It’s no small timeframe. It was even longer for Lucas Gilbreath. Since suffering an elbow injury at the t...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies new confidence and win streak in jeopardy with roster changes

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 17, 2024 It turns out that Yogi Berra was right all along: “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” The Rockies were beaten down. At 8-28, they were the worst team in baseball. Their confidence was down and the mental mistakes were up. Then came the breakout game. On May 9, the Rockies st...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
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• Brandon Belt To Undergo Additional Tests On Thumb Injury
Giants first baseman Brandon Belt was hit on the left thumb by a Lucas Gilbreath pitch during the seventh inning of San Francisco’s 6-2 win over the Rockies today. Belt took his base, but was replaced at first base for the bottom half of the inning. Manager Gabe Kapler told The San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan…...2021
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• Rockies claim Jalen Beeks from Tampa Bay

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The Rockies make their first significant move of the offseason The Colorado Rockies announced they have claimed left-handed pitcher Jalen Beeks off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays. The Colorado Rockies announced today that they have claimed LHP Jalen Beeks off waivers from Tampa BayThe Rockies now have 36 players on the 40-man roster.https://t.co/leqGw...2023
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• Germán Márquez to undergo Tommy John surgery
Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Márquez initially expected to miss at least six weeks with elbow inflammation The Colorado Rockies were dealt a major blow to their starting rotation Tuesday as Patrick Saunders reports that Germán Márquez has confirmed he will undergo Tommy John surgery on his right arm. Bad news. #Rockies German Marquez says he”ll undergo Tommy Jo...2023
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• Rockies’ Lucas Gilbreath To Undergo Tommy John Surgery
Rockies reliever Lucas Gilbreath will undergo Tommy John surgery next week, he announced on TikTok (h/t to Danielle Allentuck of the Denver Gazette). He’ll miss the entire 2023 season and likely be sidelined into the ’24 campaign as well. It’s a disappointing but not surprising development. Thomas Harding of MLB.com reported last week that the procedure…...2023
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• NL Notes: Gilbreath, Eflin, Greene, Flaherty, Miley
The Rockies announced that left-hander Lucas Gilbreath has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to a left elbow flexor strain. In a corresponding move, right-hander Alex Colome went the other direction, getting reinstated from the IL. Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post tweets that Gilbreath will undergo an MRI. While the severity of…...2022
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies take care of business, sign all arbitration-eligible players

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and notes for Friday, January 12, 2024 For the second straight season, the Rockies have re-signed all arbitration-eligible players before spring training and without any hearings needed. Several hours before Thursday’s deadline for teams to exchange salary figures with players who are arbitration eligible, the Rockies announced they ...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies’ recent signings make sense with one big caveat
Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 20, 2023 There’s no denying the injury bug has been biting the Colorado Rockies this spring. The team was already in a hole with existing injuries to Antonio Senzatela and Tyler Kinley deep into their recovery stages. But more got added before games started being played with Randal Grichuk needing su...2023
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (18 February 2025)
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• Chasen Shreve (briefly) worked out of the Colorado Rockies bullpen in 2024

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images He was part of the Rockies’ ongoing quest for a lefty reliever. You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseb...2024
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, August 2024

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How does the Rockies farm system look after another year? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 72 players across 35 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who missed a few write-ups or even w...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Breaking down the Rockies Opening Day roster

Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 27, 2024 After roughly six weeks of rigorous spring training action and evaluation, the Opening Day roster has finally become clear after lots of speculation and theorizing, Now, as we wait for the regular season to begin tomorrow in Arizona, how will the Colorado Rockies initially set up for the 162 game marathon? Catcher (2): Elias Díaz, Jaco...2024
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, February 2024

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images After revealing the Top 30 PuRPs over the past few weeks, what does the system look like as a whole? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 57 players across 23 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who mis...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Former Rockies Roundup: Spring Training 2023 Edition
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, March 9th, 2023 With just about two weeks in the books of Colorado Rockies spring training, fans are beginning to have a clear picture of who the players are and what the starting lineup might look like come Opening Day on March 30th. Raimel Tapia - Boston Red Sox After spending last season with the Toronto Blue...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What moving Kris Bryant to right field means for the Rockies’ outfield
Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 The Rockies have already gotten the injury bug early into the Spring Training with the unfortunate news of Lucas Gilbreath possibly needing Tommy John surgery and Brendan Rodgers could miss the entire season with complications from a shoulder injury suffered last week. The news of Rodgers being sid...2023
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