Jorge Alfaro
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 249LBS | Age: 30
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 311 295 22 72 4 8 .244 .283 .342 .625
2022 274 256 25 63 7 1 .246 .285 .383 .668
2023 52 48 2 7 1 0 .146 .212 .292 .504
8 Seasons 1,710 1,590 152 402 48 18 .253 .302 .393 .695
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .244 4 8 .625
2022 .246 7 1 .668
2023 .146 1 0 .504
8 Seasons .253 48 18 .695
MLB Percentile Rankings
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		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2016 23 65 8 0 0.0 0.0 75.2 104.6 -4.0 12.5 .096 .104 .110 .088 .175 12.5 47.1 5.9
2017 24 391 74 7 9.5 6.1 88.1 114.5 8.2 37.8 .266 .476 .369 .333 .450 36.5 28.9 2.6
2018 25 1334 207 22 10.6 5.8 91.7 116.6 8.4 35.3 .228 .401 .314 .298 .446 44.2 36.6 4.8
2019 26 1723 279 32 11.5 6.9 90.8 114.7 4.7 33.3 .251 .460 .312 .324 .461 44.8 33.1 4.7
2020 27 342 57 4 7.0 4.0 89.2 109.8 2.8 31.6 .220 .379 .271 .283 .417 49.1 36.0 4.0
2021 28 1105 196 16 8.2 5.1 90.9 115.7 1.8 27.6 .247 .381 .274 .292 .407 49.0 31.8 3.5
2022 29 1008 161 18 11.2 6.6 89.4 115.2 8.0 38.5 .238 .397 .291 .295 .438 38.5 35.8 4.0
2023 30 175 33 2 6.1 3.8 88.9 108.6 -6.1 18.2 .209 .339 .223 .270 .340 36.4 28.8 3.8
Player 6143 1015 101 10.0 5.9 90.3 116.6 5.1 33.0 .240 .412 .299 .302 .434 43.6 34.0 4.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 62.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 25.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 62.5 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 52.7 21.6 23.0 2.7 24.3 47.3 28.4 2.7 43.2 16.2 18.9 9.5 9.5 6.1
2018 48.8 23.2 25.1 2.9 26.6 39.1 34.3 2.4 33.3 19.3 27.5 6.3 10.6 5.8
2019 52.0 20.4 25.1 2.5 27.6 40.9 31.5 2.9 40.9 13.6 24.4 6.8 11.5 6.9
2020 49.1 24.6 22.8 3.5 17.5 38.6 43.9 5.3 33.3 17.5 29.8 7.0 7.0 4.0
2021 57.1 15.3 25.5 2.0 26.5 45.4 28.1 4.6 39.3 13.8 28.1 5.6 8.2 5.1
2022 47.2 23.0 26.7 3.1 31.1 41.6 27.3 5.6 34.8 21.1 21.7 4.3 11.2 6.6
2023 66.7 18.2 15.2 0.0 45.5 33.3 21.2 3.0 54.5 9.1 21.2 6.1 6.1 3.8
Player 52.0 20.6 24.7 2.7 27.5 41.7 30.8 3.8 38.4 16.3 24.9 6.2 10.0 5.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -2 77 44.0 16 .071 .143 .166 18.8 25.0 18.2 .185 .370 .293 30.0
2023 Slider -5.0 -2 40 22.9 19 .167 .222 .197 37.9 21.1 26.7 .234 .294 .252 28.6
2023 Sinker -4.2 -1 18 10.3 6 .167 .333 .208 45.5 50.0 60.0 .171 .182 .156 66.7
2023 Changeup 7.0 1 13 7.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 60.0 50.0 33.3 .215 .286 .219 0.0
2023 Curveball -2.1 0 11 6.3 4 .000 .000 .175 40.0 25.0 25.0 .083 .106 .236 0.0
2023 Sweeper 36.5 2 6 3.4 2 .500 2.000 1.000 33.3 50.0 100.0 .400 1.502 .769 100.0
2023 Split-Finger -14.3 -1 5 2.9 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Cutter -18.3 -1 3 1.7 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .170 .174 .156 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 2 306 30.4 69 .258 .387 .322 43.2 50.7 31.3 .206 .324 .278 48.1
2022 Slider 0.9 2 214 21.2 71 .242 .485 .308 41.6 33.8 29.6 .225 .434 .283 24.4
2022 Sinker -0.4 -1 165 16.4 51 .304 .413 .358 21.2 11.8 19.4 .344 .507 .403 37.5
2022 Curveball -3.7 -4 113 11.2 27 .115 .115 .159 38.4 40.7 22.4 .151 .201 .172 33.3
2022 Changeup 2.0 2 111 11.0 26 .269 .346 .269 42.9 42.3 28.2 .264 .395 .287 53.3
2022 Cutter -2.5 -2 61 6.1 12 .333 .333 .300 31.0 16.7 14.3 .334 .556 .385 60.0
2022 Sweeper 2.4 1 21 2.1 8 .250 .750 .406 43.8 37.5 33.3 .215 .628 .353 40.0
2022 Split-Finger -15.4 -2 15 1.5 8 .000 .000 .000 53.8 62.5 50.0 .019 .043 .025 33.3
2022 Slurve -15.8 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -6 320 29.0 67 .219 .328 .261 31.4 38.8 28.3 .249 .413 .301 47.4
2021 Slider 0.1 0 250 22.6 84 .220 .354 .276 38.2 36.9 36.9 .238 .428 .300 51.0
2021 Sinker -1.2 -3 233 21.1 60 .296 .333 .322 18.9 15.0 22.5 .281 .339 .315 51.1
2021 Curveball 0.2 0 139 12.6 45 .279 .349 .294 41.6 37.8 38.6 .266 .362 .293 46.2
2021 Changeup -0.4 0 71 6.4 24 .174 .261 .321 38.3 29.2 26.9 .218 .291 .245 43.8
2021 Cutter 1.2 1 57 5.2 19 .294 .471 .416 34.3 15.8 20.0 .248 .453 .340 64.3
2021 Sweeper -2.3 -1 27 2.4 8 .125 .250 .156 47.4 50.0 57.1 .117 .248 .152 25.0
2021 Split-Finger 1.9 0 7 0.6 4 .500 .500 .450 40.0 50.0 100.0 .135 .157 .131 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -3 128 37.4 28 .167 .208 .241 38.8 35.7 25.6 .211 .324 .296 64.3
2020 Slider 5.7 4 71 20.8 24 .292 .667 .400 55.8 37.5 50.0 .287 .686 .400 46.7
2020 Sinker 0.1 0 43 12.6 17 .375 .438 .379 15.4 23.5 66.7 .281 .337 .299 50.0
2020 Cutter -9.0 -4 41 12.0 11 .000 .000 .000 50.0 54.5 54.5 .129 .219 .147 40.0
2020 Changeup -3.6 -1 30 8.8 9 .125 .125 .178 25.0 22.2 20.0 .143 .157 .200 16.7
2020 Curveball 4.5 1 25 7.3 7 .286 .286 .257 56.3 57.1 66.7 .102 .107 .100 66.7
2020 Sweeper 43.7 1 2 0.6 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .387 .604 .429 50.0
2020 Split-Finger -5.4 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 6 564 32.7 127 .279 .568 .400 39.5 41.7 26.2 .278 .611 .407 65.5
2019 Slider -1.0 -4 363 21.1 117 .241 .330 .276 47.6 42.7 35.7 .219 .351 .264 39.7
2019 Sinker -2.0 -6 313 18.2 77 .306 .389 .354 25.3 10.4 16.7 .289 .415 .328 42.2
2019 Curveball -0.3 -1 172 10.0 54 .231 .346 .287 38.6 35.2 30.6 .197 .328 .231 35.3
2019 Cutter -0.7 -1 137 8.0 33 .241 .414 .329 33.3 24.2 20.5 .243 .427 .330 38.1
2019 Changeup -1.5 -2 123 7.1 38 .316 .579 .404 35.2 18.4 18.4 .325 .714 .424 38.7
2019 Sweeper -3.3 -1 25 1.5 7 .286 .429 .307 53.3 42.9 37.5 .114 .143 .112 0.0
2019 Split-Finger -9.9 -2 23 1.3 10 .000 .000 .070 42.1 60.0 42.9 .102 .137 .166 66.7
2019 Slurve -17.5 -1 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 0.0 0.0 .667 2.506 1.253 100.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 468 35.1 108 .310 .530 .392 43.8 45.4 33.6 .214 .421 .301 51.0
2018 Slider -2.5 -7 290 21.7 81 .136 .284 .198 53.4 51.9 45.2 .183 .338 .221 38.5
2018 Sinker 1.7 4 236 17.7 74 .313 .359 .364 26.0 20.3 25.4 .244 .304 .302 44.9
2018 Curveball 0.5 1 132 9.9 38 .314 .571 .383 41.2 34.2 32.5 .283 .602 .380 52.2
2018 Changeup 1.1 1 117 8.8 37 .344 .469 .401 38.7 24.3 22.5 .313 .488 .393 34.8
2018 Cutter 0.4 0 69 5.2 21 .250 .250 .248 36.8 19.0 23.5 .265 .471 .327 43.8
2018 Split-Finger -4.0 -1 16 1.2 7 .000 .000 .129 70.0 57.1 44.4 .072 .235 .129 33.3
2018 Slurve -22.1 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Sweeper 13.7 0 1 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .500 .553 .456 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 2 158 40.4 41 .361 .472 .406 27.3 22.0 22.0 .339 .632 .443 55.6
2017 Slider 1.2 1 80 20.5 23 .217 .478 .291 50.0 39.1 36.0 .167 .365 .221 14.3
2017 Curveball 0.9 1 55 14.1 22 .318 .727 .434 42.9 36.4 44.4 .245 .515 .311 35.7
2017 Sinker -3.9 -2 41 10.5 8 .143 .143 .200 39.1 25.0 16.7 .112 .120 .178 20.0
2017 Changeup 6.5 2 28 7.2 8 .375 .500 .494 42.1 25.0 20.0 .323 .394 .309 16.7
2017 Cutter 1.5 0 16 4.1 8 .375 .500 .494 23.1 25.0 28.6 .278 .361 .271 50.0
2017 Knuckleball 7.6 1 10 2.6 3 .667 .667 .600 50.0 33.3 33.3 .493 .534 .451 0.0
2017 Split-Finger -0.3 0 2 0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Sweeper 3.6 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 113 391 7 -3 2 0 5
2018 369 1,332 8 -14 -3 6 -2
2019 464 1,723 6 -11 -10 4 -11
2020 102 353 3 -7 -1 2 -2
2021 311 1,104 2 -12 -3 4 -8
2022 274 1,008 2 -6 -2 4 -2
2023 52 175 -1 -2 -1 0 -4
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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 %
2016 65 32.3 61.9 53.8 31.8 42.9 40.0 11.8 41.5 51.9 3.1 50.0
2017 391 49.1 82.3 76.6 42.2 36.9 43.7 44.7 61.9 37.2 7.7 83.3
2018 1,334 50.6 78.3 69.1 43.3 36.5 41.3 45.2 61.1 42.3 6.2 92.8
2019 1,723 41.6 79.6 72.8 48.1 48.3 40.5 47.8 61.2 38.4 5.5 84.2
2020 342 43.9 80.7 71.1 44.3 40.0 41.2 46.5 60.2 41.7 6.7 100.0
2021 1,105 44.7 78.7 78.7 43.2 49.2 41.2 41.2 59.1 33.2 7.8 79.1
2022 1,008 47.6 80.8 71.9 46.0 46.1 43.9 51.8 62.6 38.0 6.3 85.7
2023 175 45.1 79.7 90.5 46.9 37.8 40.0 44.2 61.7 31.5 5.1 88.9
Player 6,143 45.7 79.5 73.4 45.1 44.4 41.6 45.9 60.8 38.3 6.4 85.9
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2016 38 71
2017 96 78
2018 21 17 41 53 13 38 80 92 98 83 1 8 1 1 80
2019 44 39 58 65 17 61 81 78 96 82 2 8 1 1 90
2020 69 84
2021 96 81 99
2022 97 85
2023 41 81
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 24.8 5 5.2 0 1 4 2 40.0
2018 26.6 10 10.7 -1 4 9 4 40.0
2019 24.3 18 17.7 0 3 14 7 38.9
2020 25.5 3 3.4 0 0 4 0 0.0
2021 28.2 4 4.3 0 3 4 1 25.0
2022 26.4 7 5.7 1 0 6 2 28.6
2023 27.0 1 0.1 1 2 0 0 0.0
Player 25.6 48 47.1 1 13 41 16 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 5 5 5 4 6 5 6 4 3 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 6 5 6 5 6 5 3 7 6 6 4
2018 10 12 9 12 11 10 10 10 5 10 10 12 14 10 10 13 10 11 10 11 12 11 13 12 10 9 9 11 13 11 10
2019 18 19 10 20 20 19 20 20 16 12 17 19 20 16 20 20 18 18 16 19 16 17 21 20 18 17 15 19 17 19 14
2020 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 0
2021 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 5 2 4 4 3 6 3 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 3
2022 7 5 4 4 5 6 7 3 3 4 4 4 8 6 5 7 6 6 4 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 7 6
2023 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 48 50 34 49 50 48 51 46 31 39 44 46 57 44 50 54 48 49 43 48 48 50 58 54 48 43 40 53 52 50 37
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 75.2 88.1 12.9 ↑ 91.7 3.6 ↑ 90.8 -0.9 ↓ 89.2 -1.6 ↓ 90.9 1.7 ↑ 89.4 -1.5 ↓ 88.9 -0.5 ↓
Launch Angle -4.0 8.2 12.2 ↑ 8.4 0.2 ↑ 4.7 -3.7 ↓ 2.8 -1.9 ↓ 1.8 -1.0 ↓ 8.0 6.2 ↑ -6.1 -14.1 ↓
Barrel % 0.0 9.5 9.5 ↑ 10.6 1.1 ↑ 11.5 0.9 ↑ 7.0 -4.5 ↓ 8.2 1.2 ↑ 11.2 3.0 ↑ 6.1 -5.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 12.5 36.5 24.0 ↑ 44.2 7.7 ↑ 44.8 0.6 ↑ 49.1 4.3 ↑ 49.0 -0.1 ↓ 38.5 -10.5 ↓ 36.4 -2.1 ↓
Sweet Spot % 12.5 37.8 25.3 ↑ 35.3 -2.5 ↓ 33.3 -2.0 ↓ 31.6 -1.7 ↓ 27.6 -4.0 ↓ 38.5 10.9 ↑ 18.2 -20.3 ↓
xBA .096 .266 0.170 ↑ .228 -0.038 ↓ .251 0.023 ↑ .220 -0.031 ↓ .247 0.027 ↑ .238 -0.009 ↓ .209 -0.029 ↓
BA .125 .318 0.193 ↑ .262 -0.056 ↓ .262 0.000 .226 -0.036 ↓ .244 0.018 ↑ .246 0.002 ↑ .146 -0.100 ↓
xwOBA .088 .333 0.245 ↑ .298 -0.035 ↓ .324 0.026 ↑ .283 -0.041 ↓ .292 0.009 ↑ .295 0.003 ↑ .270 -0.025 ↓
wOBA .110 .369 0.259 ↑ .314 -0.055 ↓ .312 -0.002 ↓ .271 -0.041 ↓ .274 0.003 ↑ .291 0.017 ↑ .223 -0.068 ↓
xSLG .104 .476 0.372 ↑ .401 -0.075 ↓ .460 0.059 ↑ .379 -0.081 ↓ .381 0.002 ↑ .397 0.016 ↑ .339 -0.058 ↓
SLG .125 .514 0.389 ↑ .407 -0.107 ↓ .425 0.018 ↑ .344 -0.081 ↓ .342 -0.002 ↓ .383 0.041 ↑ .292 -0.091 ↓
K% 47.1 28.9 -18.2 ↓ 36.6 7.7 ↑ 33.1 -3.5 ↓ 36.0 2.9 ↑ 31.8 -4.2 ↓ 35.8 4.0 ↑ 28.8 -7.0 ↓
BB% 5.9 2.6 -3.3 ↓ 4.8 2.2 ↑ 4.7 -0.1 ↓ 4.0 -0.7 ↓ 3.5 -0.5 ↓ 4.0 0.5 ↑ 3.8 -0.2 ↓
Swing % 41.5 61.9 20.4 ↑ 61.1 -0.8 ↓ 61.2 0.1 ↑ 60.2 -1.0 ↓ 59.1 -1.1 ↓ 62.6 3.5 ↑ 61.7 -0.9 ↓
Whiff% 51.9 37.2 -14.7 ↓ 42.3 5.1 ↑ 38.4 -3.9 ↓ 41.7 3.3 ↑ 33.2 -8.5 ↓ 38.0 4.8 ↑ 31.5 -6.5 ↓
In Zone % 32.3 49.1 16.8 ↑ 50.6 1.5 ↑ 41.6 -9.0 ↓ 43.9 2.3 ↑ 44.7 0.8 ↑ 47.6 2.9 ↑ 45.1 -2.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 67.7 50.9 -16.8 ↓ 49.4 -1.5 ↓ 58.4 9.0 ↑ 56.1 -2.3 ↓ 55.3 -0.8 ↓ 52.4 -2.9 ↓ 54.9 2.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 31.8 42.2 10.4 ↑ 43.3 1.1 ↑ 48.1 4.8 ↑ 44.3 -3.8 ↓ 43.2 -1.1 ↓ 46.0 2.8 ↑ 46.9 0.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 11.8 44.7 32.9 ↑ 45.2 0.5 ↑ 47.8 2.6 ↑ 46.5 -1.3 ↓ 41.2 -5.3 ↓ 51.8 10.6 ↑ 44.2 -7.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 70.6 64.0 -6.6 ↓ 67.4 3.4 ↑ 63.4 -4.0 ↓ 59.6 -3.8 ↓ 61.7 2.1 ↑ 69.7 8.0 ↑ 59.6 -10.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 16 2 12.5 .125 .000
2017 Shifts R 113 0 0.0 .369
2018 Shifts R 370 0 0.0 .314
2019 Shifts R 464 10 2.2 .311 .365
2020 Shifts R 99 1 1.0 .265 .883
2021 Shifts R 311 9 2.9 .272 .333
2022 Shifts R 274 24 8.8 .285 .355
2023 Shades R 52 9 17.3 .269 .000
! 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 %
2016 16 21.4 6.3% 6.3% 12 23.0 25.0% 16.7%
2017 91 20.9 0.0% 4.4% 42 25.9 0.0% 26.2%
2018 284 21.7 0.7% 4.6% 157 25.9 0.0% 19.1%
2019 321 22.3 0.0% 6.5% 247 26.5 0.0% 22.3%
2020 73 22.7 1.4% 8.2% 45 28.0 0.0% 35.6%
2021 249 22.9 0.8% 8.8% 137 28.5 0.0% 40.1%
2022 187 21.4 2.1% 6.4% 126 26.5 0.0% 27.0%
2023 34 15.9 44.1% 0.0% 20 19.8 5.0% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings

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