James McCann
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 235LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 2, #76, Detroit Tigers | Arkansas Fayetteville
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 226 207 25 46 6 3 .222 .269 .377 .646
2024 233 214 27 50 8 1 .234 .279 .388 .667
2025 23 18 5 6 1 0 .333 .478 .611 1.089
12 Seasons 3,330 3,060 322 739 93 15 .242 .294 .382 .676
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .222 6 3 .646
2024 .234 8 1 .667
2025 .333 1 0 1.089
12 Seasons .242 93 15 .676
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Hits Spray Chart
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 25 1501 316 11 3.5 2.6 88.3 108.3 8.6 30.1 .246 .362 .297 .284 .342 37.3 21.2 3.8
2016 26 1454 239 23 9.6 6.2 88.4 109.5 16.2 29.3 .221 .413 .273 .296 .392 36.8 29.2 6.2
2017 27 1466 267 21 7.9 5.4 87.2 109.2 15.7 40.4 .264 .461 .316 .340 .406 34.1 22.8 6.6
2018 28 1832 313 16 5.1 3.5 87.8 111.4 16.2 37.7 .231 .361 .256 .285 .354 37.4 25.4 5.7
2019 29 1966 303 28 9.2 5.9 90.2 112.0 10.8 36.0 .257 .447 .333 .323 .427 44.2 28.8 6.3
2020 30 451 69 6 8.7 5.4 90.5 108.5 15.0 40.6 .256 .455 .378 .343 .429 47.8 27.0 7.2
2021 31 1623 263 16 6.1 3.9 87.3 112.5 9.3 32.3 .219 .339 .281 .280 .350 40.7 27.9 7.8
2022 32 713 130 9 6.9 4.7 90.2 108.4 16.3 33.8 .237 .411 .243 .309 .373 40.8 24.1 5.8
2023 33 847 155 11 7.1 4.9 89.8 112.1 16.6 37.4 .262 .431 .279 .319 .404 43.9 25.2 4.0
2024 34 875 162 14 8.6 6.0 87.4 110.5 14.4 38.9 .245 .418 .288 .313 .387 37.7 24.0 5.6
2025 35 82 14 1 7.1 4.3 95.2 107.8 1.2 28.6 .306 .434 .467 .400 .407 57.1 17.4 17.4
Player 12810 2231 156 7.0 4.7 88.5 112.5 13.3 35.1 .243 .403 .293 .306 .382 39.4 25.6 6.0
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 50.9 49.1 17.7 25.6 5.7 33.9 38.9 26.3 22.5 20.6 7.3 11.4 18.4 19.0
2016 41.4 58.6 31.0 22.2 5.4 36.4 36.0 27.6 23.0 13.0 5.4 13.4 23.0 22.2
2017 40.8 59.2 24.7 27.7 6.7 39.7 33.0 27.3 21.3 15.7 3.7 18.4 17.2 23.6
2018 39.6 60.4 22.0 26.2 12.1 29.7 41.2 28.1 15.7 17.6 6.1 14.1 23.6 22.0
2019 43.9 56.1 20.8 29.7 5.6 34.3 35.3 30.4 23.1 15.5 5.3 11.2 19.8 25.1
2020 39.1 60.9 29.0 26.1 5.8 30.4 37.7 31.9 15.9 17.4 5.8 14.5 20.3 26.1
2021 52.1 47.9 24.0 20.2 3.8 35.4 39.2 25.5 24.0 21.3 6.8 11.4 17.9 18.6
2022 36.9 63.1 30.8 26.2 6.2 30.0 45.4 24.6 17.7 16.2 3.1 12.3 29.2 21.5
2023 40.0 60.0 30.3 24.5 5.2 34.2 45.8 20.0 18.7 18.1 3.2 15.5 27.7 16.8
2024 38.9 60.5 29.0 25.9 5.6 33.3 36.4 29.6 17.3 16.7 4.9 16.0 19.8 24.7
2025 50.0 50.0 14.3 35.7 0.0 42.9 42.9 14.3 28.6 14.3 7.1 14.3 28.6 7.1
Player 43.5 56.5 24.5 25.5 6.4 34.2 38.4 27.1 20.6 17.3 5.4 13.6 21.1 21.6
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.5 38.9 18.7 29.4 3.5 3.5 2.6
2016 2.9 29.7 27.6 23.4 5.0 9.6 6.2
2017 3.7 26.6 25.1 30.7 5.2 7.9 5.4
2018 4.2 29.1 27.8 26.8 6.4 5.1 3.5
2019 1.3 34.0 19.8 29.7 5.6 9.2 5.9
2020 2.9 27.5 26.1 29.0 5.8 8.7 5.4
2021 6.8 37.3 20.2 23.2 6.1 6.1 3.9
2022 3.8 26.2 29.2 24.6 9.2 6.9 4.7
2023 5.2 22.6 24.5 31.0 9.0 7.1 4.9
2024 5.6 29.6 24.7 21.0 9.3 8.6 6.0
2025 0.0 35.7 14.3 42.9 0.0 7.1 4.3
Player 3.8 31.3 23.7 27.2 6.1 7.0 4.7
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 Slider 4.4 1 22 26.8 6 .333 1.000 .542 38.5 16.7 16.7 .332 .571 .378 40.0
2025 Sinker -1.8 0 18 22.0 4 .000 .000 .350 14.3 0.0 -- .146 .152 .417 50.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball 11.5 2 17 20.7 7 .600 .600 .586 28.6 14.3 11.1 .433 .502 .491 75.0
2025 Curveball 1.6 0 10 12.2 3 .333 .667 .417 16.7 0.0 0.0 .355 .523 .378 66.7
2025 Sweeper -5.3 0 8 9.8 2 .000 .000 .000 60.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2025 Cutter -2.7 0 4 4.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Changeup 4.6 0 3 3.7 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 3 321 36.7 68 .328 .466 .376 20.0 17.6 12.2 .288 .448 .362 47.9
2024 Sinker -1.7 -2 140 16.0 40 .216 .297 .305 20.0 12.5 19.2 .243 .357 .292 28.1
2024 Slider 2.6 4 139 15.9 46 .267 .511 .337 30.9 28.3 27.1 .264 .483 .326 31.3
2024 Sweeper -2.9 -2 84 9.6 25 .095 .143 .170 42.2 36.0 31.0 .198 .404 .320 46.2
2024 Changeup 2.0 1 69 7.9 21 .286 .714 .455 44.2 33.3 29.2 .185 .464 .272 35.7
2024 Cutter -4.5 -3 65 7.4 14 .071 .071 .064 30.3 21.4 23.1 .273 .359 .273 27.3
2024 Curveball -3.2 -1 45 5.1 14 .143 .214 .154 23.8 28.6 22.2 .209 .385 .250 40.0
2024 Split-Finger -7.9 -1 12 1.4 5 .000 .000 .000 37.5 60.0 37.5 .010 .010 .138 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 12 36 -1 0 1 0 -1
2015 424 1,496 -3 -11 0 4 -9
2016 373 1,454 -10 -12 7 2 -13
2017 391 1,465 -1 -14 7 5 -3
2018 457 1,829 -11 -24 6 5 -23
2019 475 1,966 17 -25 5 8 4
2020 111 451 5 -3 3 2 6
2021 411 1,623 -9 -17 6 6 -13
2022 191 713 -6 -10 2 3 -10
2023 226 847 -2 -8 2 2 -7
2024 233 875 1 -6 0 3 -2
2025 23 82 -1 2 1 0 2
Player 3,327 12,837 -22 -127 41 -22 -68
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,501 51.5 67.2 83.0 36.7 57.7 44.5 33.4 52.4 24.9 7.7 80.9
2016 1,454 51.7 61.4 79.9 30.6 52.1 42.8 24.9 46.6 28.1 9.1 66.7
2017 1,466 51.6 67.1 85.4 32.4 54.8 42.0 30.4 50.3 24.0 8.5 81.5
2018 1,832 49.8 64.2 83.4 31.6 51.7 44.0 21.9 47.8 26.6 7.4 68.4
2019 1,966 48.0 67.8 81.1 32.9 52.7 40.7 27.2 49.6 28.7 7.5 82.3
2020 451 48.8 67.7 81.2 27.3 46.0 39.0 24.3 47.0 29.2 5.8 69.2
2021 1,623 45.8 71.3 82.3 32.3 54.6 42.0 31.9 50.2 27.0 6.7 79.6
2022 713 49.1 68.9 82.2 35.0 52.0 41.7 25.1 51.6 28.3 9.1 70.8
2023 847 49.6 70.0 81.6 38.6 44.8 42.3 34.1 54.2 31.4 7.4 69.8
2024 875 51.5 69.6 81.5 33.4 50.0 43.7 28.8 52.1 27.6 7.2 76.2
2025 82 45.1 70.3 80.8 31.1 50.0 45.1 26.1 48.8 30.0 6.1 60.0
Player 12,810 49.6 67.1 82.3 33.1 52.6 42.5 28.3 50.0 27.2 7.7 75.3
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 17 36 28 29 9 27 33 41 62 60 32 4 28 10 49
2016 20 4 45 65 3 47 78 38 71 50 7 22 21 36 48
2017 62 60 66 65 51 45 64 32 69 40 31 25 45 18 46
2018 10 21 21 25 5 24 31 31 81 48 19 15 34 27 27
2019 43 49 51 48 28 51 64 69 84 79 9 23 19 24 36
2020 54 31
2021 5 7 9 15 5 18 28 19 85 48 13 35 34 17 42
2022 44 23
2023 78 21
2024 65 6
2025 35 23
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.13 12 13.7 -2 10 8 7 58.3
2017 24.19 13 14.6 -2 4 9 9 69.2
2018 24.11 8 9.7 -2 4 6 6 75.0
2019 23.90 18 17.5 1 10 12 9 50.0
2020 23.35 7 5.4 2 3 3 3 42.9
2021 23.38 10 8.9 1 2 13 2 20.0
2022 25.36 3 3.1 0 1 0 3 100.0
2023 22.16 6 7.1 -1 2 6 2 33.3
2024 24.50 8 8.7 -1 3 5 4 50.0
2025 25.39 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.74 86 89.7 -4 39 62 46 53.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 12 16 11 14 12 11 13 15 11 10 13 16 16 13 13 15 9 11 15 12 14 14 18 21 12 13 13 18 17 14 11
2017 13 15 11 16 15 14 19 15 11 11 14 18 13 14 14 14 14 13 17 14 14 15 18 16 15 12 16 18 15 15 11
2018 8 14 8 9 9 9 10 12 9 6 9 11 10 8 10 8 10 9 9 11 12 9 14 11 8 7 8 10 12 11 9
2019 18 22 14 19 16 17 21 17 14 11 15 18 23 16 16 16 16 14 19 20 17 18 27 19 16 15 14 22 24 18 12
2020 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 4 3 4 6 4 4 7 4 6 6 5 7 6 6 8 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 5
2021 10 12 8 9 12 9 14 8 5 4 7 13 9 4 9 13 8 7 9 11 7 8 14 7 5 5 16 11 6 7 11
2022 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4
2023 6 6 7 4 6 7 8 6 5 7 7 7 9 7 8 8 9 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 6 6 6 6 9 7 6
2024 8 4 10 9 9 9 9 8 9 8 9 8 10 8 9 8 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 7 9 9 9 10 9 9
2025 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 86 99 79 90 89 86 105 90 72 64 82 101 98 78 90 90 83 78 95 96 91 92 122 100 78 75 91 105 103 90 79
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 88.3 0.1 ↑ 88.4 -1.2 ↓ 87.2 0.6 ↑ 87.8 2.4 ↑ 90.2 0.3 ↑ 90.5 -3.2 ↓ 87.3 2.9 ↑ 90.2 -0.4 ↓ 89.8 -2.4 ↓ 87.4 7.8 ↑ 95.2
Launch Angle 8.6 7.6 ↑ 16.2 -0.5 ↓ 15.7 0.5 ↑ 16.2 -5.4 ↓ 10.8 4.2 ↑ 15.0 -5.7 ↓ 9.3 7.0 ↑ 16.3 0.3 ↑ 16.6 -2.2 ↓ 14.4 -13.2 ↓ 1.2
Barrel % 3.5 6.1 ↑ 9.6 -1.7 ↓ 7.9 -2.8 ↓ 5.1 4.1 ↑ 9.2 -0.5 ↓ 8.7 -2.6 ↓ 6.1 0.8 ↑ 6.9 0.2 ↑ 7.1 1.5 ↑ 8.6 -1.5 ↓ 7.1
Hard Hit % 37.3 -0.5 ↓ 36.8 -2.7 ↓ 34.1 3.3 ↑ 37.4 6.8 ↑ 44.2 3.6 ↑ 47.8 -7.1 ↓ 40.7 0.1 ↑ 40.8 3.1 ↑ 43.9 -6.2 ↓ 37.7 19.4 ↑ 57.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.1 -0.8 ↓ 29.3 11.1 ↑ 40.4 -2.7 ↓ 37.7 -1.7 ↓ 36.0 4.6 ↑ 40.6 -8.3 ↓ 32.3 1.5 ↑ 33.8 3.6 ↑ 37.4 1.5 ↑ 38.9 -10.3 ↓ 28.6
xBA .246 -0.025 ↓ .221 0.043 ↑ .264 -0.033 ↓ .231 0.026 ↑ .257 -0.001 ↓ .256 -0.037 ↓ .219 0.018 ↑ .237 0.025 ↑ .262 -0.017 ↓ .245 0.061 ↑ .306
BA .264 -0.043 ↓ .221 0.032 ↑ .253 -0.033 ↓ .220 0.053 ↑ .273 0.016 ↑ .289 -0.057 ↓ .232 -0.037 ↓ .195 0.027 ↑ .222 0.012 ↑ .234 0.099 ↑ .333
xwOBA .284 0.012 ↑ .296 0.044 ↑ .340 -0.055 ↓ .285 0.038 ↑ .323 0.020 ↑ .343 -0.063 ↓ .280 0.029 ↑ .309 0.010 ↑ .319 -0.006 ↓ .313 0.087 ↑ .400
wOBA .297 -0.024 ↓ .273 0.043 ↑ .316 -0.060 ↓ .256 0.077 ↑ .333 0.045 ↑ .378 -0.097 ↓ .281 -0.038 ↓ .243 0.036 ↑ .279 0.009 ↑ .288 0.179 ↑ .467
xSLG .362 0.051 ↑ .413 0.048 ↑ .461 -0.100 ↓ .361 0.086 ↑ .447 0.008 ↑ .455 -0.116 ↓ .339 0.072 ↑ .411 0.020 ↑ .431 -0.013 ↓ .418 0.016 ↑ .434
SLG .387 -0.029 ↓ .358 0.057 ↑ .415 -0.101 ↓ .314 0.146 ↑ .460 0.076 ↑ .536 -0.187 ↓ .349 -0.067 ↓ .282 0.095 ↑ .377 0.011 ↑ .388 0.223 ↑ .611
K% 21.2 8.0 ↑ 29.2 -6.4 ↓ 22.8 2.6 ↑ 25.4 3.4 ↑ 28.8 -1.8 ↓ 27.0 0.9 ↑ 27.9 -3.8 ↓ 24.1 1.1 ↑ 25.2 -1.2 ↓ 24.0 -6.6 ↓ 17.4
BB% 3.8 2.4 ↑ 6.2 0.4 ↑ 6.6 -0.9 ↓ 5.7 0.6 ↑ 6.3 0.9 ↑ 7.2 0.6 ↑ 7.8 -2.0 ↓ 5.8 -1.8 ↓ 4.0 1.6 ↑ 5.6 11.8 ↑ 17.4
Swing % 52.4 -5.8 ↓ 46.6 3.7 ↑ 50.3 -2.5 ↓ 47.8 1.8 ↑ 49.6 -2.6 ↓ 47.0 3.2 ↑ 50.2 1.4 ↑ 51.6 2.6 ↑ 54.2 -2.1 ↓ 52.1 -3.3 ↓ 48.8
Whiff% 24.9 3.2 ↑ 28.1 -4.1 ↓ 24.0 2.6 ↑ 26.6 2.1 ↑ 28.7 0.5 ↑ 29.2 -2.2 ↓ 27.0 1.3 ↑ 28.3 3.1 ↑ 31.4 -3.8 ↓ 27.6 2.4 ↑ 30.0
In Zone % 51.5 0.2 ↑ 51.7 -0.1 ↓ 51.6 -1.8 ↓ 49.8 -1.8 ↓ 48.0 0.8 ↑ 48.8 -3.0 ↓ 45.8 3.3 ↑ 49.1 0.5 ↑ 49.6 1.9 ↑ 51.5 -6.4 ↓ 45.1
Out of Zone % 48.5 -0.2 ↓ 48.3 0.1 ↑ 48.4 1.8 ↑ 50.2 1.8 ↑ 52.0 -0.8 ↓ 51.2 3.0 ↑ 54.2 -3.3 ↓ 50.9 -0.5 ↓ 50.4 -1.9 ↓ 48.5 6.4 ↑ 54.9
Out of Zone Swing % 36.7 -6.1 ↓ 30.6 1.8 ↑ 32.4 -0.8 ↓ 31.6 1.3 ↑ 32.9 -5.6 ↓ 27.3 5.0 ↑ 32.3 2.7 ↑ 35.0 3.6 ↑ 38.6 -5.2 ↓ 33.4 -2.3 ↓ 31.1
First Pitch Swing % 33.4 -8.5 ↓ 24.9 5.5 ↑ 30.4 -8.5 ↓ 21.9 5.3 ↑ 27.2 -2.9 ↓ 24.3 7.6 ↑ 31.9 -6.8 ↓ 25.1 9.0 ↑ 34.1 -5.3 ↓ 28.8 -2.7 ↓ 26.1
First Pitch Strike % 62.8 -3.3 ↓ 59.5 2.1 ↑ 61.6 -6.0 ↓ 55.6 5.5 ↑ 61.1 -1.6 ↓ 59.5 -1.1 ↓ 58.4 2.3 ↑ 60.7 0.4 ↑ 61.1 0.3 ↑ 61.4 -0.5 ↓ 60.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 369 4 1.1 .271 .220
2017 Shifts R 391 12 3.1 .317 .296
2018 Shifts R 457 63 13.8 .252 .284
2019 Shifts R 475 41 8.6 .318 .481
2020 Shifts R 111 17 15.3 .340 .586
2021 Shifts R 411 79 19.2 .287 .259
2022 Shifts R 191 9 4.7 .246 .178
2023 Shades R 226 12 5.3 .276 .339
2024 Shades R 233 22 9.4 .279 .373
2025 Shades R 23 0 0.0 .467
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2014 9 16.9 22.2% 11.1% 4 22.9 0.0% 0.0%
2015 392 19.0 20.7% 6.4% 241 23.6 5.4% 26.1%
2016 361 19.4 15.2% 5.0% 313 26.0 5.1% 25.2%
2017 377 18.5 14.1% 3.4% 252 23.9 0.0% 13.1%
2018 575 18.5 14.3% 2.1% 274 24.3 0.0% 15.0%
2019 490 20.0 4.9% 5.7% 354 26.3 0.0% 24.9%
2020 140 20.6 2.9% 3.6% 73 26.4 0.0% 30.1%
2021 427 20.0 7.0% 5.9% 262 26.9 0.0% 29.4%
2022 190 20.3 5.8% 7.4% 124 24.5 0.0% 5.6%
2023 209 15.7 37.8% 0.0% 125 20.5 2.4% 0.8%
2024 218 16.4 30.3% 0.5% 131 20.0 1.5% 0.8%
2025 18 15.3 38.9% 0.0% 3 20.7 0.0% 0.0%
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