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• Friday Rockpile: Which Rockies should be the everyday players in the outfield?

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 25, 2025 Twenty-four games into a brutal start to the 2025 that’s shaping up to be the worst in franchise history by a mile with a 4-20 start, it seems like a good time to search for signs of hope. For my own sanity and to avoid another depressing diatribe, I thought I would look to see how the most unknown position...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Which Rockies should be the everyday players in the outfield?

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 25, 2025 Twenty-four games into a brutal start to the 2025 that’s shaping up to be the worst in franchise history by a mile with a 4-20 start, it seems like a good time to search for signs of hope. For my own sanity and to avoid another depressing diatribe, I thought I would look to see how the most unknown position...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What necessitates a coaching change? A look at Rockies history

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 16, 2025 In this modern era of baseball, teams have become less callous when it comes to coaching changes during the season. Since 2018, only three managers have been dismissed before the All-Star game, all of which came in 2022. Last season, two managers were dismissed in August, and the other late ...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: It’s not too soon for the Rockies to go another direction in 2025

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 10, 2025 Thank you, Ryan Feltner for an impressive start. Thank you, Jake Bird, Scott Alexander and Seth Halvorsen for the collective bullpen stop Rockies fans needed. Thank you, Ryan McMahon, Michael Toglia, Brenton Doyle and Zac Veen for your delightful doubles in the eighth inning to give the Rockies a 7-2 ...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: In calling up Veen and Dollander, the Rockies have corrected a mistake

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 7th, 2025 “If one of the young guys are ready, we’re not afraid to go with them.” These were the words of Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt that I threw back at the organization when the 2025 Major League Baseball season began. At the time, the Rockies had been finalizing their Ope...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies need a torpedo-like solution to hitting problems

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 4, 2025 When it comes to what weather will show up on Friday for the Rockies home opener, 9News warns fans of a “precipitation potpourri,” which could include the possibility of graupel, hail and/or rain turning into snow. Friday’s high is 47, so it shouldn’t threaten the 27-degree hom...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Zac Veen’s failure to “earn” a roster spot calls Rockies’ youth movement into question

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 24th, 2025 “If one of the young guys are ready, we’re not afraid to go with them.” These were the words of Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt as spring training began back in February... Words that ring exceptionally hollow after this past weekend. These events were kicked off by the shocking trade...2025
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• Rockies select contract of Nick Martini, option Zac Veen to Triple-A

Photo by Caitlin O’Hara/MLB Photos via Getty Images The moves come as the Rockies finalize their Opening Day roster. This morning, the Colorado Rockies announced the following roster moves: Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies Announce Roster Moves (23 March 2025) The decision to sign Nick Martini is not surprising based on his spring training performance and the Roc...2025
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• Colorado Rockies spring training game no. 27 thread: Germán Márquez vs Kumar Rocker

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Rockies are in Surprise to face the Rangers for the second and final time before the regular season starts. The Colorado Rockies are back at Surprise Stadium for one more matchup against the 2023 World Series champion Texas Rangers. Their last game didn’t quite go as planned with a 5-0 loss and witnessing former Rockies pitcher Jon Gray...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Which outfielders will break camp with the Colorado Rockies?

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 17, 2025 Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! Allan Henry-Imagn Images In the spirit of the day, “May the wind be always at your back.” For the Colorado Rockies, this week will probably find some players with the wind at the back in the sense of heading to Triple-A Albuquerque. Since Rock...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Owen Miller has made a case for the Rockies in spring training

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 12, 2025 One of the more subtle battles in spring training for the Colorado Rockies is the bench. It consists of a backup catcher (likely Hunter Goodman), a fourth outfielder (likely Sam Hilliard), and a utility player (Kyle Farmer) who leaves at least one more spot for the Rockies to fill. The p...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: DH and Bench

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Being DH could help the aging former star stay on the field, while more injuries could shakeup the roster For as long as the National League has had a designated hitter, the primary DH for the Colorado Rockies has been Charlie Blackmon. The universal DH rule took effect in the 2022 season, and Blackmon started in 79 games in the role. He led the team with 61 DH s...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Goodbye Charlie

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, September 24, 2024 Charlie’s on a vacation far away Come to Coors and talk it over. So many things that I want to say, You know I like my players a little bit Nazty I just wanna see your hits tonight I don’t wanna lose your hits tonight! 14 years is a long time to spend for a big league career...2024
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• Braves complete sweep of Mets on Ozzie Albies walkoff, 13-10
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It was another comeback win for the Braves in the series finale, but this one was markedly different than the first two. In what was rightfully billed to be a pitchers’ duel between Spencer Strider and Justin Verlander, the Braves and Mets combined for eight runs in the first inning and a half of baseball and ultimately 23 runs over 10 innings as Atlanta ...2023
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"Sam Hilliard hit his third homer of the season and now has the most Triple-A home runs in Albuquerque history dating back decades."

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"The second was when our old friend Sam Hilliard got the Rockies on the board with a triple on a ground ball down the line that Jorge Soler had a lot of trouble dealing with."

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"However, with Sam Hilliard on a rehab assignment and Forrest Wall on the 40-man roster, he was expendable."

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"Braves trade for Rockies outfielder Sam Hilliard in first move of MLB offseason"

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"Left-hander Ben Bowden, outfielder Sam Hilliard and righty Antonio Santos have been recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque, while reliever Zac Rosscup was selected to the major league roster."

2020
"The Rockies announced that they’ve placed third baseman Nolan Arenado on the 10-day injured list with left AC joint inflammation and a left shoulder bone bruise, released reliever Wade Davis and recalled outfielder Sam Hilliard."

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"Both Charlie Blackmon and David Dahl are entrenched in the Colorado outfield, while Sam Hilliard impressed quite a bit in his brief MLB debut in 2019."

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"Josh Fuentes, outfielder Sam Hilliard and right-handed pitchers Ryan Castellani and Justin Lawrence were added to the Rockies' 40-man ahead of the deadline to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft."

2017
"It came down to the final game, but Sam Hilliard ultimately put the finishing touches on a 20/20 season as he powered Class A Advanced Lancaster to an 11-4 win over Inland Empire."

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• Monday Rockpile: In calling up Veen and Dollander, the Rockies have corrected a mistake
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• Wednesday Rockpile: When will the Rockies youth process actually pay off?

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 26, 2025 As we approach Opening Day for the 2025 season, the Colorado Rockies will officially announce their roster sometime before their game against Tampa Bay on Friday. The roster became a highly debated topic over the past weekend because of a sequence of moves that revealed the Rockies plans...2025
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• Rockies select contract of Nick Martini, option Zac Veen to Triple-A
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• Colorado Rockies spring training game no. 27 thread: Germán Márquez vs Kumar Rocker
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Which outfielders will break camp with the Colorado Rockies?
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• State of the Position, 2025: DH and Bench
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• Rockies select contract of Nick Martini, option Zac Veen to Triple-A
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• Rockies 7, Cubs 3: The regulars return, but ther result is the same

Photo by Kenta Harada/Getty Images The starters played today, but only Seiya Suzuki shined under the Arizona sun. The Spring Training games after the Tokyo trip continued today and while the regulars did show up today, they didn’t really show up, if you know what I mean. Except for Seiya Suzuki. The result was a 7-3 loss to a Colorado Rockies split-squad team before 13,257 fans at Sloan P...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Owen Miller has made a case for the Rockies in spring training
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• State of the Position, 2025: Outfield

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Doyle has center field locked down, but the corners are less certain. The Colorado Rockies are heading into the 2025 campaign with multiple question marks in the cavernous Coors Field outfield. They appear to have found their franchise center fielder in Brenton Doyle, but things are far less certain when it comes to the corner outfield spots. There ...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies’ bad offensive trends are on display this spring

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 10th, 2025 The Colorado Rockies are fifteen games into spring training and the results have been better than expected. With a record of 10-5, the Rockies are hanging around the middle of the pack when it comes to most offensive statistics. They even find themselves in the top ten across the league in hits, doubles,...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Position player storylines to watch in spring training

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Spring training is officially in full swing as the Colorado Rockies had their first full-squad workout on Tuesday. The team plays their first game on the 21st against Arizona and plenty of questions and storylines lie in wait for the position player side of things. Last week, I explored a fe...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Five things we know (so far) from Colorado Rockies spring training

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Let’s start with a caveat: Spring training games mean nothing. Still, it’s great to have baseball back and ponder the possibilities. I spent the last 10 days going through video clips the Colorado Rockies sent out every day. In those notes, I’ve tried not to editorialize: ...2025
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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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• Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 25, 2024 Initially, last Friday unfolded about like we thought it would: The non-tender deadline had passed with the Colorado Rockies moving on from Cal Quantrill (no suprise) and Brendan Rodgers (kind of a surprise) while tendering a range of players who were expected to remain on t...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 16, Sam Hilliard

Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The former Rockies’ 15th-round pick came back to Coors Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time 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 tha...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Goodbye Charlie
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• Jarred Kelenic crushes a three-run homer as Braves clamp down on Colorado, 5-2

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images All the Braves do is win — on Ludacris Night, at least. Southern hospitality was not on the cards for the Colorado Rockies tonight. The Atlanta Braves rode a big first inning all the way to a 5-2 series win over the Rockies as their rude welcome to Atlanta continued for another night. As I mentioned in the opening sentence, the Brav...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Mexico City could provide the spark the Rockies need

Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 26, 2024 Thursday’s 10-9 comeback win against the Padres was a classic Coors Field shootout. The Rockies hit two homers and bumped up their offensive stalk. Overall, the offense is still far behind where it needs to be. Colorado ranks 24th in homers (21), No. 22 in runs scored (100) and No. 20 in on-base percentage (.309) and is tied for fourth-mo...2024
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• Braves reinstate Max Fried from injured list, designate Dalton Guthrie for assignment

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images It is official! As expected, the Atlanta Braves have reinstated Max Fried from the 60-day injured list. He will make his first start since May 5 in Friday’s series opener against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Braves designated outfielder Dalton Guthrie for assignment. The Braves opened up a spot on the active ...2023
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• Braves hit five homers in 10-3 romp over Royals
Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Matt Olson and Austin Riley hit back-to-back homers in the first inning and the Braves never really looked back as they easily took Game 1 of their weekend series against the Royals. If you tuned in tonight wanting a close, competitive baseball game, like the kind the Braves played three nights in a row when sweeping the Reds earlier this week... this game ...2023
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• Sam Hilliard could be the hidden gem of the offseason for the Atlanta Braves
Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hilliard has done a nice job filling in for the injured Michael Harris. The Atlanta Braves are hot out of the gate with 13-4 record have an early two-game lead over the Mets in the NL East. A fast start has not been the norm for this team over the last few seasons, but is a welcome change and doesn’t come without adversity, as the ...2023
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• Braves activate Michael Harris from injured list
Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Harris returns as the Braves get set for a four-game series in New York. The Atlanta Braves are getting a key player back in time for Friday’s series opener against the New York Mets. The Braves announced Friday morning that they have activated Michael Harris from the injured list. The team also reinstated Eli White from the pat...2023
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• Ozzie Albies, Ehire Adrianza homer as Braves blowout Phillies
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta’s offense rakes in Tuesday’s game against the Phils The Atlanta Braves jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in a 15-5, Grapefruit League win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The bats came alive early for the Braves in the first as Marcell Ozuna doubled off the top of the wall in center, bringing home Ozzie Albies and Vaughn Grissom f...2023
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• Recap: Kyle Wright with a shaky first start, offense carries team to 7-6 win
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Offense picks up Kyle Wright, carries team to 7-6 win. It was unlikely that Kyle Wright was going to comeback and immediately look like the guy that was so impressive for all of the last season. So a slow start isn't necessarily a surprise. And that's what tonight was. A slow start. Wright got through the first two innings without muc...2023
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• Orlando Arcia delivers as Braves walk-off Padres
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta’s bullpen allowed three runs in the win. Orlando Arcia delivered a walk-off single in the ninth to help the Atlanta Braves to a 7-6 win over the San Diego Padres. The Braves got to work quickly against Padres lefty Blake Snell and once again, it was Ronald Acuña Jr. who set the table. Acuña jumped on a 2-1 fastball from Snell and hooked it into t...2023
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• Elder stops getting away with it, but wacky eighth gives Braves a thrilling comeback win over Marlins, 6-4
Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Miami defense was anything but in a decisive four-run eighth for Atlanta For tonight, at least, Bryce Elder did not keep getting away with this. The right-hander, who had yielded zero homers through his first four starts of the year, yielded three in one game. With reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara on the hill for the visitors, it see...2023
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• The Hilliards Are Alive With The Sound of Boomstick
Yesterday, Sam Hilliard went 1-for-4 with his 7th homer, and 3rd homer in the last 4 games. It's no coincidence his hot streak started this week. Last weekend, Hilliard was dealing with a hitch in his swing and striking out even in batting practice. He saw Trevor Story (2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 14th and 15th homer) walking by and asked him for some help. Trevor responded, "Listen to me, I hate this...2021
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• Monday Rockpile: Zac Veen’s failure to “earn” a roster spot calls Rockies’ youth movement into question
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• Rockies 7, Cubs 3: The regulars return, but ther result is the same
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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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• Tuesday Rockpile: How to watch spring training

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Today marks the Colorado Rockies’ first all-squad workout, which means that spring training is well and truly on. Bud Black has confirmed that everyone is in camp and healthy, save Sean Sullivan who is recovering from a hip procedure. But the good news is on F...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Monfort’s ‘best defense’ or just a better defense for the Rockies in 2025?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, February 14, 2025 On several occasions, the Rockies have been known to misjudge reality. From Dick Monfort saying the 2023 Rockies could be a .500 team to giving Kris Bryant a 7-year, $182 million deal in 2022 to failing to re-sign DJ LeMahieu and inking Daniel Murphy for the same price the Yankees gave LeMahi...2025
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• Rox: 7, Sox: BAD

Starter-not-starter Michael Kopech had himself another miserable spring outing. | Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Maybe the org is secretly doing us a favor not letting us watch? In a game that none of us could see or hear, probably for the better, the White Sox put on another indefatigable display of atrocious baseball. Unfortunately, I don’t foresee much of anything changing when the calendar...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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• Despite rallies, Braves’ win streak snapped at nine with 6-5, extra-inning loss
Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images The Braves couldn’t quite eke out a win on Independence Day despite two homers from Ozzie Albies Well, you can’t win ‘em all, though the Braves certainly tried to do so. The result: a 6-5, extra-inning loss in Cleveland, despite Ozzie Albies hitting two key homers, and the Braves electing to pitch Raisel Iglesias a third straight day to hang in there and ...2023
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