Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - These Mariners Trade Proposals Are Something Else

Episode Date: October 22, 2021

Locked On Mariners hosts Ty Dane Gonzalez and Colby Patnode grade your Mariners trade proposals on this week's Fan Fiction Friday, which includes a couple of Willson Contreras-centric deals and three-...team trade with the Rays and Astros that will make your head spin.Be sure to follow or subscribe to Locked On Mariners wherever you prefer your podcasts! For questions and other inquiries, email: lockedonmariners@gmail.comFollow the show on Twitter: @LO_Mariners | @danegnzlz | @CPat11For more of Ty and Colby, check out their Patreon: patreon.com/controlthezone/Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order.BetOnline AGThere is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Starting point is 00:00:53 Ford-S-O-Zone for more information on that. Got a good show for you on today's episode of Lock. on Mariners. It's fan fiction Friday, which means we reached out to you on Twitter for your Mariners trade proposals. We're going to read and grade as many as we can on today's show. If you love all this trade
Starting point is 00:01:10 talk as much as we do, give the show a follow or subscribe wherever you listen to this. We greatly appreciate it. Colby, our first trade of the day comes from our buddy, Jordan Levitt, at Mormon Pizza Man on Twitter. He has the Mariners getting Robert Stevenson.
Starting point is 00:01:26 He wrote Tyler Stevenson here, but I assume he means Robert Stevenson, the reliever from the Rockies, as well as Brendan Rogers, the former top prospect at shortstop and second base for Dylan Moore, Justice Sheffield, and Starlin Aguilar. What do you think about this one? Yeah, I don't see it. Dylan Moore and Justice Sheffield just don't have trade value right now. In Aguilar's... Yeah, Aguilar is probably four or five years away. And the Rockies don't seem like they're all that interested in really rebuilding. They gave Sensitella a long-term extension, and it sounds like they're trying to do the same with John Gray. It doesn't sound like they're trying to trade
Starting point is 00:02:08 Hermann Marquez, so it doesn't sound like they're trying to rebuild. And Rogers, I think, has enough prospect status still that I don't think he's going to be given away for, you know, two mediocre bench pieces and an interesting prospect, but one who's probably four or five years away. So I just, I don't see that. And Rogers was also worth one and a half F4 this year. He was a 284, 328470 hitter this year, 100 WRC plus. And this was his first full season in the major league. So he, he looked good this year.
Starting point is 00:02:43 This is not a bad player by any means that you're a, or a bus by any means that you're trying to buy on the cheap here. It's going to take more than this to get Brendan Rogers as well as Robert Stevenson, who was a pretty solid reliever last year. I believe he had a Cape Cronine over 10. So he, yeah, it's just, it's too little for that. Gradewise, I'll give it a 35 to a 40. Same.
Starting point is 00:03:12 All right. Let's move on here to, let's see here. We got Harry Depoto, one of our other favorite followers here, who has the Mariners getting a massive, massive return from the twins. Byron Buxton, Josh Donaldson, Jorge, Jorge, and Abraham Toro. Clearly putting a lot of stock into taking on the contract of Josh Donaldson here, but I'm just going to be the first to say that this is too little that the Mariners are giving up for three really good players, even with Donaldson's contract involved.
Starting point is 00:03:50 Yeah. It's just, it's too little. Yeah, it's just, it's not realistic. And this is why baseball trade values is a very flawed website to use because they have this as relatively close. And it's just it's not. You know, if you want these three guys, you're going to have to give up George Kirby. You're going to have to give up Hancock. You're basically going to have to force the twins to start their rebuild because Polanco is an all-star.
Starting point is 00:04:17 Byron Buxton, when he's healthy, is an MVP candidate. And, you know, Donaldson is still a really good player despite the contract. So there's a three massive assets that you just acquired and you're not going to get them for Delochen, Toro. Like you said, it's Kirby, it's Hancock. It's to even start with these three guys. For Donaldson, might you be able to get him for Delochen Toro? Yeah, probably. But I think it's going to cost, I think it would cost Hancock to even get you started on Buckson or Polanco. So if you want both of them together, it's going to cost you know kirby or or uh kirby williamson hancock brash uh tremel like it's it's going to cost more than this yeah i hate to be a debby downer and and start this episode off being uh hypercritical
Starting point is 00:05:09 but uh yeah i'm probably also going to give this one a 35 um crazy shark uh brings up justice sheffield brandon williamson tom murphy levi stout and player to be named later for Wilson Contreras, the Cubs catcher, one year left on his deal. I think you could probably get him for less. What do you think? Yeah, it's a bit much for me. Sheffield, Murphy, whatever. And the Murphy idea kind of makes sense.
Starting point is 00:05:40 You give the Cubs a controllable catcher. Yeah, but not a very good one. Not a very good one. The prizes here are Williamson and Stout. and whatever the players be named later is here, which is in consequence. Right. Sheffield stopped throwing him into trades.
Starting point is 00:05:59 He doesn't have value. You know, he just, he's just a dude at this point. And it's very unlikely that any team really values justice Sheffield as anything more than, and that's a guy you have to carry on a 40-man spot and you have to pay him, you know, league minimum, which isn't much.
Starting point is 00:06:15 But if you don't value him as a big leaker, why would you want him in a trade? So, yeah, just throw him out. It's Williamson and Stout. For me, that's too much for Contreras. Contreras is a very nice player. He's probably, though, he's still probably a three-win player. You only get him for a year.
Starting point is 00:06:33 Personally, I would just go ahead and roll with Murphy at Catcher and go sign, you know, Jan Gohms for $5, $6 million and then keep Williamson and Stout and go try and train him for something else. So Contreras is a good player. But I just, for me, giving up those two guys for one year of a three, re-win player. It's a little bit much. I'm going to give this one a 45 because I do, I do like the idea of, of trading for Contreras. I've been a big proponent of doing that. But yeah, this, this deal is a little, little much on the Mariners side of things.
Starting point is 00:07:10 And I think, realistically speaking, you can get them for less. You can get them for less. So let's move on here to at CK ESPN on Twitter, who brings up, four separate trades. So we're going to quickly go through these. First one, Tom Murphy and a player to be named later to the Pirates for Jacob Stallings,
Starting point is 00:07:31 the catcher for the Pirates. Not enough. Yeah. Pirates want more. Zach the Loach 1-10, Taylor Trammell to the Rangers for Adelis Garcia, the centerfielder who strikes out a lot, but has a ton of thump and is a very good defender out there in the outfield.
Starting point is 00:07:51 Particularly in right. right cost the Mariners several runs yeah yeah he slumped hard in the second half i do like the idea of garcia as like checking in on him to see what what you can do with that because i do think that's an interesting player um but i don't think the rangers would take this for garcia because there's rumors that the rangers might be interested in one of the short stops and if they're doing that they're kind of looking for a quick turnaround um but even then i don't know if the mariners would do this for garcia because like you mentioned He strikes out a lot.
Starting point is 00:08:23 And they like DeLoch. They like Taylor Tramel. So I don't know if either side would do this, but I do think it's interesting and pretty creative. So that one I like. I just don't think either side would do it. Yeah, I like it as well, but I agree with you on that. All right. Marco Gonzalez and Justice Sheffield to the Orioles for John Means.
Starting point is 00:08:44 Marco is just as good as Means, so no. Yeah. It feels like a very lateral. move there. And you lose the leadership that Marco brings and all that stuff. So no. Yeah. Emerson Hancock, Noel V. Marte, Evan White, and Drew Steckin Rider to the Guardians for Jose Ramirez.
Starting point is 00:09:04 You need better secondary pieces. Yeah. Hancock and Marte are a good start. Evan White probably doesn't have a trade. Yeah. Yeah. And Drew Steck and Reuter, fine. You know, I'm sure Cleveland would be into that because
Starting point is 00:09:21 they can flip him at the deadline. He's a controllable reliever. Right. But that's a, that's not a third piece. And because that's why to certainly not the third piece here. No, tack on a Williamson or a Brash or,
Starting point is 00:09:37 or, you know, somebody like that, Kyle Lewis, maybe even. And then we can start to talk. And then you have a good start here. But like I said,
Starting point is 00:09:45 the first two pieces, fine. That gets you in the conversation. Uh, the next two, though, probably not. So, yeah, you need to, definitely need to improve from Evan White for this deal to have really any traction.
Starting point is 00:09:58 But it's a good start. All right. We'll have more trades in just a moment. But real quick, a reminder of this episode of Lockdown Mariners is brought to you by NetSuite. Slow is just right if you're on vacation, a sloth, or describing quickbooks. More like slow books, am I right? It sucks you in and slows you down with manual processes, integration difficulties, and glitchy delays that leave you scrambling for the numbers you need.
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Starting point is 00:12:03 Thank you again for making us your first listen of the day. Every day we are free and available on all platforms. Colby, let's get into more trades here, starting with at MJFB80 on Twitter, who has a Phillies Mariners trade here with the Mariners getting Alec Baum and D.D. Gregorius for Matt Brash, Taylor, Trammell, and Paul Seawald. This is way too much for Alec Ball. Because you were basically taking on the contract of D.D.
Starting point is 00:12:28 Gregorius, which is supposed to help you. And Alec Baum, coming off the year that he just had, you shouldn't be giving up that much, plus taking on the contract of D.D. Gregorius. So I wouldn't give up, I wouldn't give up any of the three players
Starting point is 00:12:44 that's Seattle would in this deal for Alec Baum straight up. I don't like the guy that much, to be honest with you. Um, right. D. D. D. D. gregorius could be a solution to second base, you know, um, but again, it's, if, if you're acquiring D.D. Gregorius, you're doing it for nothing because he's making $15 million next year. And he was worth negative, you know, one win this year.
Starting point is 00:13:08 And, and there's definitely some upside here with Gregorius. There's some power. There's, you know, actually some decent batting average skill. So if Gregorius has a second base target, fine, but you're doing that for like, you say Kukuchi or something you're either doing like a pro or a a salary swap or you're doing like a nobody pro like Tyler Keenan for for Gregorius so I just way too much I don't know why you're so high on Alec Baum yeah a lot of people are really high on Alec Baum on Merriners Twitter I don't really don't get it to be quite honest with you yeah you need safety you need uh you need more floor and you need more ceiling as a combination start over Abraham Toro. So no. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:13:54 Yeah. All right. This one comes from Rochon Brat at Mariners fan, 1, 2, 3, 4 on Twitter. Tyler Glastonneau and Brandon Lowe for Emerson, Hancock, Brandon Williamson, and Yusay Kakuchi. Pretty creative deal here between the Rays and the Mariners, getting a second baseman slash third baseman in,
Starting point is 00:14:12 and Lau, who's a all-star caliber player at times. And Glassnow, who's obviously not going to be pitching this year, or 2022, rather. What do you think about this deal? Yeah, it's basically Hancock, Williamson, and Kikuchi for Lowe because Glass Now is probably not going to pitch until 2023, like you said. So I don't see the raise taking Kukuchi. That's a lot of money to spend on the guy.
Starting point is 00:14:37 And I know Glassnow is going to make some money and Low is going to make some money. But if they're trading those two together, they're not going to do it for an even salary swap. They want to dump some of that. Yeah. Yeah, I think the raise would be pretty interested in Hancock. and Williamson. They love to get their hands on pitching. So either of those guys for Lau as a starting point is fine.
Starting point is 00:14:57 Glass now is interesting, but you can't really count him as a big, you know, addition to any trade right now. So it's creative, it's fun, but it needs to be worked on. But I like it.
Starting point is 00:15:10 It's like I said, it's outside the box. Yeah, it's pretty creative. And for that, I'm going to give it 48, 48 on the 20 to 80 grade. Are a jerk?
Starting point is 00:15:23 I thought that was pretty good. Start handing out some 50s, man. 50s is at least average. I mean, I don't think, yeah, but the, based in the world of realism here, I just, I don't, I don't know. I don't think that would happen. You are so mean.
Starting point is 00:15:40 You are so mean. There's some pretty, that's a pretty good, there's some pretty good, you know, 45 grade players out there, 40 grade players out there. That's a 50. Congratulations. That's a J.P. Crawford bat. 50. All right. Fine. 50. 50 then. I'll start being. You already said 48 and a half. It's too late. It's too late. All right. Here's one from Belcher out at Belchrey fan 29 on Twitter that I like quite a bit.
Starting point is 00:16:11 Kyle Hendricks and Wilson Contreras for Emerson Hancock, Tom Murphy, Zach the Loach, Milcar Perez. You know how much I love Kyle Hendricks here. so I'm a little bit biased. Yeah, just doesn't seem right. I would pass on this if I were Seattle. Why is that?
Starting point is 00:16:36 Because I don't trust Kyle Hendricks, honestly. He was pretty bad all year. And there's not, you know, he's a soft tosser. It's not like he's going to add another pitch. There's just, I don't know. There's safety here, but not a lot of upside. I don't think, like I'm buying into 2020.
Starting point is 00:16:52 won pretty hard here. And Contreras has one year. So, I mean, is Wilson Contreras for 130 games really better than a Murphy and Jan Goames stack? Probably not much better. Not at the expense of Emerson Hancock and Zach Deloche. So yeah, but what about Wilson? What about a Contreras and Torrens stack? Well, why isn't Torrens added with the Goams and Murphy stack? But why does Murphy have to be involved because I think you want to move on for Murphy. Well, Murphy's in this trade, but I don't know that they do. I don't know that they do. I think they look around at the catch. The whole point
Starting point is 00:17:31 here is to not have Cal Raleigh on the opening day roster. He can't be there. Terenz either doesn't want to catch or Seattle's going to be very careful about how often they use him at catcher. So you need two guys. So if you trade Murphy for Contreras, what are you going to do? You're going to have to carry three catchers, unless Torens is
Starting point is 00:17:50 all of a sudden totally committed to catching 60, 70 games a year, which maybe he is. Maybe he's not. I don't know. So, no. No for me. But if they made this straight, I wouldn't be mad. Let me, let me be clear about that. It just, you know,
Starting point is 00:18:07 I'd be wellmed, I guess I would say. But I know you're big on Hinsonson, I'm going to. Yeah. In terms of compensation, in terms of realism, all that stuff, I'm going to give this one a 55. like Mr. Sunshine Ty Gonzalez
Starting point is 00:18:23 All right what's next Belter fan also has another trade this time for Zach Gallin the right-handed pitcher from the Diamondbacks Emerson Hancock Zach Deloche and Brandon Williamson to the Diamondbacks for Zach Gallin
Starting point is 00:18:38 what do you think about that one? Pretty interesting Yeah I I Again Gallin coming off of an injury wasn't great this year but then again
Starting point is 00:18:52 so is Hancock so yeah I'd probably I would like to get like a Josh Rojas back in such a deal or somebody like that but yeah that that's fine yeah I'm not super sure if the Diamondbacks
Starting point is 00:19:08 would do this but I think this is totally fair given the year that Gallin is coming off of and And yeah, I would not be mad at this deal whatsoever because I like Zach Gellon quite a bit.
Starting point is 00:19:23 All right. This one comes from another favorite of ours. Jerry Savage to Poto on Twitter at Savage to Poto. Mariners acquired Tyler Malley, right-handed pitcher from the Reds, along with left-handed pitcher of Mary Garrett and outfielder Shogo Akiyama, who's carrying a $9 million AV hit from the Reds
Starting point is 00:19:41 in exchange for right-handed pitcher Chris Flexen, right-handed pitcher Drew Second rider right-handed pitcher Eric Swanson and right-handed pitching prospect Connor Phillips so you're taking on akiyama and garrett's a V hits to help limit the cost of acquiring mallee but you're still giving up one of your better rotation pieces and flex in here along with a valuable reliever and steckin rider a solid reliever in swanson and one of your better pitching prospects in phillips is this too much for the Mariners or are you cool with this? Because I do think this is pretty fair.
Starting point is 00:20:22 It's really easy to track the logic here. I'm a big Tyler Malley fan. So, and obviously Amir Garrett is a walking brawl, which is something we've been wanting for quite a while since we met, really. So I like the idea of trading Flexen and Steckenrider for an upgrade at the rotation. I think we're probably a little low on Connor Phillips here. I really like that prospect. So yeah.
Starting point is 00:20:52 Like I said, if this deal comes through, fine, whatever. Like I think it's a pretty solid deal. And it makes sense because now the Reds have a little bit more money to maybe keep Castiano or, or,
Starting point is 00:21:02 you know, go out and sign his replacement and get somebody else. So I think it makes some sense here. The, Amir Garrett, if you're really worried about that money, you could just non-tender him. I'm pretty sure he's a R3 guy.
Starting point is 00:21:14 So, yeah, I mean, like, if this deal comes down the ticker, I get it. You're basically buying Tyler Malley for $9 million. You're saying the difference between Chris Flex and Tyler Malley is about $9 million. Sounds about right. So, yeah, I get it. Yeah, I like this deal. Yeah, I'd give it like a 60 for creativity. Like, it's really creative.
Starting point is 00:21:37 Yeah, I was going to say 55 to 60. So I like this one. Good job, Savageipoto. All right. are going to talk even more trades in just a moment, but real quick, got to remind you that this episode of Lockdown Mariners is brought to you by betonline.ag. We're back and better than never, a new web interface for the start of the basketball season and more props, odds, and lines than ever before. Bet Online remains your number one spot for all the basketball and football action this
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Starting point is 00:22:26 the 2021 season. Bet online is the fastest and easiest way to bet on all your favorite sports. Bet online, where the game starts. All right, more trades on the way, starting with at We Can't Score on Twitter. I always
Starting point is 00:22:42 love that name. Every time I read it. It gives me a good chuckle. So they have a very, they have two trades that are, well, one of them is very, very convoluted. It's,
Starting point is 00:22:56 it's something. But let's start with the first trade that's a lot more simple. You say Kikuchi, Dylan Moore, Jake Fraley, and Anthony Masevich to the A's for Tony Kemp and Jake Deekman,
Starting point is 00:23:09 assuming that the A's accept his team option. Yeah, I don't see Oakland wanting you say, Kikuchi. Same. And honestly, I think Dylan Moore has no trade value and I think Jake Freely has
Starting point is 00:23:24 limited trade value. I could see like a Mischiewicz for Deekman swap actually though. I think Seattle gets a little more safety in their left-handed option. Overall, it's not terrible. I don't see, you know,
Starting point is 00:23:40 Oakland rebuilding and this move doesn't necessarily mean they'd be rebuilding. But can you see Oakland, taken on $13 million for you say Kikuchi this offseason, because I don't. Not me, no, no.
Starting point is 00:23:54 No. If you can get Tony Kemp for Dylan Moore and Jake Braley, by all means, do it. I just, I don't think. Do you know what Deakman's club option is for? I don't. I can look it up real fast, but. Because I know that, I know that Kemp is, is projected to make $4 million in
Starting point is 00:24:12 arbitration. Is a $4 million or $2 million? million either way so you're not eliminating a ton of money off of kikuchi's deal on that front uh i believe the 22 club option is for four million dollars yeah so the a's would still be picking up seven million dollars is give or take on uh on kukuchi um and then you got to add you know more fraily masevich to that as well that's going to add up to a couple more million dollars Yeah, because I believe more is projected to make 1.6 in arbitration and then, you know, Frey and Masevich, of course, are both still making the league minimum, but that's still going to equate to another million dollars. And every cent matters when you're trading with the A's.
Starting point is 00:25:04 So probably not is what I would say to this. But interesting. And I do like the Deekman idea that you brought up, just swapping Ms. Savage for Dekeman. that's that's cool um all right so the second trade here this is the have you seen this one colby yeah i'm looking at it right now oh boy i'll just go ahead and tell you right now that the houston astros are not giving up their two of their best players for what they're receiving no chance yeah yeah um
Starting point is 00:25:39 so the meritors get kyle tucker J.T. Chargwaugh. Okay. The return of J.T. Chargwa. And Shane Baz. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:25:54 This is a great return for the Mariners. The Mariners are killing it with this one. For, in a three-team deal with the Astros and the Rays that sends Randy a Rosalana and Noel V. Marte to Houston and Yordan Alvarez,
Starting point is 00:26:10 Drew Steckin Rider, and Casey Sadler Sadler to Tampa. I don't even know where to begin with this. Somehow Seattle gives up Noel V. Martay, Drew Steckin-Rider, and Casey Sadler, and they get Kyle Tucker and Shane Baz. And J.T. Shergawah, who's a pretty solid reliever. Yeah, so I'll go ahead and give you like a 75 on creativity, but like a 20 on realism. That's literally what I was about to say.
Starting point is 00:26:40 Yeah, like very creative. there is a 0% chance Houston trades Kyle Tucker or Yordon Alvarez let alone both and they're not doing it for Randy Rosa Rana who's worse than both of those guys and Noel V Marte who doesn't help anytime soon like that they're
Starting point is 00:26:56 not doing that. I'm going to assume that that was a troll trade I just I really hope it is I really hope it was it's like it's like it's like MLB the show like, oh, I want to get these two guys.
Starting point is 00:27:18 And so I'm going to make two separate trades with bulk. And, you know, the show will accept it if the scales tip, like, oh, I'm going to get three players for this one. And MLB, the show is like, oh, yeah, three for one. That's almost always fair. And it's like, no, that's not how that works. So like I said, very creative, very unrealistic, but very creative. All right. So we got one last trade to go over here.
Starting point is 00:27:43 And this comes from Suss Russ. at Suss Russ 312 on his Twitter. No, LV Marte, Brandon Williamson, Abraham Toro, and Jake Fraley to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Catelle Marte. I like it.
Starting point is 00:28:03 What about you? See, the training for Ctele Marte, and we have a couple minutes so we can elaborate slightly on this. The thing we could tell Marte is that good player, obviously. but injuries are important here like they are part of the his you know his path forward and and you know he missed about half the season this year he was also pretty average last year
Starting point is 00:28:36 in 2020 so it really comes down to do you believe that 2020 is an outlier and that this 2019, 2021 version is who he is, or do you believe the opposite? Because in 2019, he had 32 home runs. Yeah. He slugged 592. And this year he was, you know, still very good, but it fell down to 532 with, you know, a pace of about 22, 23 home runs. So yeah, I mean, which version do you think you're getting? Also, are you acquiring him to play second base? Are you acquiring him to play center field. I mean, there are a lot of questions. This feels like a good deal for Kyle Lewis to be in. Yeah. I mean, it's like the third piece. Like you're still probably going to have to give up Marte and Williamson. But if you give up like maybe even Toro, but if it's Kyle Lewis instead of Freilly or if it's Lewis instead of Toro, then maybe.
Starting point is 00:29:36 Yeah, it just so I struggle with what to do with Marte. He's got one year left on his on his deal. But he does have the back to team options. So you'll have him for three years, assuming you exercise both options, which there's really no reason to suspect you wouldn't. He'd be due 26 million over the next three years. That's really good return. So yeah, you know, at the end of the day, do I do this deal? Probably. Does Arizona? I don't know. Like, I don't want to say no, because I don't know enough about Arizona, but I would say probably not. Is Arizona finally going to realize that they have to rebuild? Are they going to do the thing where they just like, oh, no, let's try and be around 500 again.
Starting point is 00:30:25 And then, you know, it just, Arizona's a mess. They really are. So that's what complicates Cotel Marte trades. But from a value standpoint, yeah, I like this one. I would do it if I were Seattle. I would strongly consider it if I were Arizona. and if I could get, I mean, like if this is Noel V. Marte, Emerson, Hancock, Abraham Toro, and Kyle Lewis, then I probably do it if I'm Arizona. And then I don't know if I do it if I'm Seattle. So Hancock is just really tough. Or sorry, Marte is just really tough to peg what his value is right now. It's high, but isn't that high? I don't know. Yeah. I agree with you on that. I'll, I'll give the still of 50, So you were going to say like, you're going to say like 48 and then you remembered me making fun of you for being so.
Starting point is 00:31:18 No, I was going to say 50. And then I was like 52. You have like a 55. I'm just nicer than you in general. So. Clearly. Clearly. Yep.
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