2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Mizzou basketball rallies from 19 down at LSU in . Hopefully we're 10 for 10, though that's an unrealistic goal. Feb. 27Washington State's lineup continued its productive start to the season and the Cougs' bullpen sparkled during a comeback victory at the Tony Gwynn Classic. The speedy shortstop hit .338 in 52 games with the Dodgers, running away with his first career batting title. Boston has retained Rafael Devers, for now, but has a very lackluster roster. They . After another weak single (this one off the bat of Jason Castro) the Yankees finally got their first out of the inning. It cant be many. Bringing back the outfielder who mashed for them in 2020 proved to be a shrewd idea: Duvall tallied 45 RBIs in 55 games for Atlanta after coming over on July 30. He edged out Cole by five Ks in a category that could loom large for Rays Cy Young Award hopes. TeamRankings.com is not affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) or March Madness Athletic Association, neither of which has supplied, reviewed, approved or endorsed the material on this site. Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado had massive campaigns for the Cardinals and the Red Birds cruised to 93 wins despite a lack of depth behind those sluggers. The swagger remains, but now there's legitimate, battle-tested confidence behind it. Whats most fun about this comeback is who was responsible for it: in a top-heavy Cleveland lineup, it was Bradley Zimmer, Bobby Bradley, Ren Rivera, and Harold Ramirez who saved the day. It might be now or never for the Angels in terms of retaining Shohei Ohtani on a long-term deal. +4000. Here are MLB over under win totals for every team in baseball. Boston had 10. Miller swung at the first pitch he saw, looping a single into left field to extend the game. The Australian is Chicagos fourth saves champ overall, joining Thigpen, Goose Gossage (1975) and Terry Forster (74), since the stat became official in 1969. There are two really bad teams and one probably mediocre -- if not also bad -- team in their division. Do you have a sports website? Still, my main point stands: in baseball, its never too late for a comeback. They'll be in the high-70s in wins, fighting for third place with the Another team with two starters I love and not much behind them, though it's possible Tyler Mahle breaks through. The Mariners won 32 of their final 50 games in 2021 and won 30 of their final 50 games in 2022 to finish with 90 wins in both seasons. This seemed like Gerrit Cole's award to win until the Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray had something to say about it. This list is of the best comebacks of 2021, as measured by wWE (winning team win expectancy). The Dodgers won 106 games in 2019. NL: Trea Turner (LAD), 32Turner, like Marte, spread his steals across two different clubs. But Gary Snchez blew the whole thing up by converting an 0-2 meatball into a three-run blast that bumped the Yankee lead to five runs. Bet with your head, not over it. The 2021 Major League Baseball season -- with (some) fans -- is rapidly approaching. Four other pitchers on the comeback trail could change the course of the 2021 pennant races. After failing two physicals with the Mets and Giants, Carlos Correa returns to the Twins to try and help a young team improve on their 78-84 record. In other other words, these were the games where things seemed darkest until hope won out. They should have ace Tyler Glasnow and slugger Wander Franco healthy to begin the 2023 season. Also, look around the AL West. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. The offense was quiet through the early innings, as Seattle added to their lead with a Jake Fraley two-run bomb and a solo shot from Dylan Moore. Yes, I've never had a losing record, so that means you should definitely bet your life savings* on the following picks. I've grown fond of forcing myself to grab five overs and five unders. In a typical year, the prop usually falls between two numbers around 87.5 wins, so that a proposition pays out for Over bets if the team wins 88 or more games, and pays out for Under bets if the team wins 87 or fewer games. Buster Posey opted out of 2020 to spend time with his family, including adopted twin girls born eight weeks premature last summer. FINAL SCORE: Houston 8, New York Yankees 7 in 9. The most fun one can have in preseason betting is looking at the futures (I would say "the only fun," but there are people who wager on spring training games, seriously). All 30 MLB teams should be listed with a proposition on their prospective win totals. Rogers was third among rookies in strikeouts and fifth in innings pitched. Ohtani also led all hitters with at least 150 batted balls with a 100.4 mph average exit velocity on fly balls and line drives, helping him put up the second-highest single-year barrel total across the first seven seasons of Statcast tracking, behind Aaron Judges 87 barrels in 17. Servais decided the future was now, and they went 90-72 to surpass the Los Angeles Angels and Oakland Athletics in the AL West hierarchy behind the Astros. Dennis Gates' Tigers don't take their first lead until the final two minutes in Baton Rouge but pull off 81-76 win behind D'Moi Hodge's big night. That means if I have the Cardinals winning around 86, the Reds and Brewers under .500 and the Pirates around 58 wins with the Cubs in second, by the simple logistics in the matter, I have to have the Cubs over 79 wins, right? The Padres matched the biggest comeback in franchise history, helped by Fernando Tatis' 28th home run and Grisham's two-out hit. Its the second Major League save title for Melancon, who racked up 51 with the Pirates to take home the title in 2015. Those managers were working with the American League's best teams and have all done an admirable job. pic.twitter.com/oseBBsSalk, Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) July 11, 2021. I wonder how many comebacks have started like that? I don't like the defense with Mike Moustakas and Kyle Farmer forming the double-play combo, in addition to having to play Nick Castellanos in the field every day now. Thanks to their run to the AL title and doing so with a grouping of players not really well known nationally, along with their shoestring budget for player payroll, there was a corner of the baseball world pretty well obsessed with the Rays last October. Here's where I am: Of course, it's always possible the Dodgers have a terrible start like in 2018 before rebounding and still winning the division, which they 100 percent will. My sincere apologies to all Cardinals fans. He led the Giants in batting average and on-base percentage, in addition to the Giants posting the best record in Major League Baseball. PRESS RELEASE: 2021 PCA FINALISTS PRESENTED BY: Uras' 20 wins were also three more than any other pitcher this season (Adam Wainwright, 17). Turner was also MLBs runaway leader in bolts (runs of 30-plus feet per second on the basepaths) for the fourth consecutive season. Duvall marks back-to-back NL RBI champions to wear a Braves uniform, following Marcell Ozuna in 2020. My introduction, which is thankfully no longer relevant, was all about how in times as dark as the lockout, fans should be comforted by remembering that baseball is a sport where comebacks are always possible and hope always remains. He stole 22 bases for the Marlins before Miami traded him to the As on July 28, and then he swiped 25 more bags in just 56 games for Oakland. In fact, I'm pretty confident in this over. That comes out to an absurd 1.188 OPS, and he eventually finished the regular season with 35 home runs, 84 RBI and a line of .309/.429/.615. The DBacks were feisty last year with a crop of young pitchers that seem to be ahead of schedule in terms of their development. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. Maybe it's too early to go that far, but he looked like the best rookie in the American League. It was a total lovefest through the playoffs on national broadcasts. Also Wednesday, defending champion Andrey Rublev produced a 1-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3) comeback win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. In other words, these were the five games where the team that ultimately won had, at some point in the game, the lowest odds of winning. Two years ago, he slashed .257/.320/.368, all career lows since after his debut in 2009. We will, however, get the majority of the picks right and that's profit. This one started ugly for Cleveland, with Triston McKenzie walking four of the first (and only) six batters he faced, handing the ball over to the bullpen in the top of the first already down a run. Again, there's concern here. This year, Posey's either at or above his career averages with a .304/.390/.499 slash line. Burnes 2.43 ERA is also the second-lowest in franchise history, behind only Mike Caldwells 2.36 mark in 1978. Theyre coming off an 86-win campaign and are playing in a poor division. Data Provided By Hey, I had to take someone from the lower tier as a team that plays at least somewhat competent baseball. His 46 home runs ranked third in the American League behind only Guerrero and Salvador Perez. JT Realmuto tied it up pic.twitter.com/xjUh2KYpvd. With Fernando Tatis Jr. (wrist/suspension) out all season, the Padres still crept over their projection of 88.5 wins thanks to MVP-caliber play from Manny Machado. Those Cards struck out in order, and the Cubs had three outs left to score at least five runs. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. It always is. The award, voted on by his peers, recognizes Posey for being one of the game's best catchers a year after he opted out of the 2020 season. Their projection is much higher with a full season of Tatis and Juan Soto coming up. Before Brusly baseball's epic comeback win over Catholic-Pointe Coupee Friday night, there was a ceremony dedicated to the families of Caroline Gill and Maggie Dunn. Oakland . Per the Elias Sports Bureau, Marte is the first player to finish within the top 10 on both the American and National League stolen base leaderboards in the same season. Or look at it vice versa if you prefer. After a Victor Caratini ground out and a Tommy Pham strikeout, their win expectancy bottomed out at 0.39%. Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. deserve serious consideration. Turner is the first player to win a league steals title while playing for multiple clubs since Eric Young Jr. (Rockies, Mets) took home the 2013 NL crown. Sportsbooks like DraftKings also feature odds on teams to win the American and National League, futures odds on who will win each MLB division, and Yes or No markets on whether each team will make the 2022 baseball playoffs. However, neither of their teams played .500 ball. 119) Andrew McCutchen (20) Solo120) Alec Bohm (7) Solo pic.twitter.com/W1UsxheNmt, Phillies HR Tracker (@PHI_HR_Tracker) July 29, 2021. If the Cubs do fall out of the race, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez and Anthony Rizzo are all free agents after this season and could be traded. Central while bolstering their status atop the leagues worst division. Or write about sports? You guessed it, Fernando Tatis Jr. Tatis proceeded to then annihilate a ball into the upper reaches of Houstons atmosphere to tie the game. Saquon Barkley. Kyle Tucker laced a double to deep left. We'll check back in here in late September and hopefully it'll be to sing my praises. Thats correct. Meanwhile, the No. So, who is the most likely award winner in 2021 for each MLB team? Join our linker program. The young Blue Jays went 46-28 and finished with 92 wins after John Schneider replaced Charlie Montoya as manager in July. I'm just not seeing anything even remotely in the ballpark of that happening with this bunch. This one doesn't really seem fair because, without the existence of Shohei Ohtani, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is well deserving of the MVP award. Craig Kimbrel strikes out Paul Goldschmidt looking to seal the 7-6 win and pick up his 22nd save of the season pic.twitter.com/h9TjYtk13E. Theo Epstein has started to cash in some of the chips he acquired during the past few years of rebuilding by signing Cody Bellinger, Dansby Swanson, and Eric Hosmer. The baseball playoffs are slated to begin on October 3. He is sitting in a class of his own atop SportsLine's . With one out remaining, no one on base, and down three runs, Clevelands wWE bottomed out at .051%. Before I dive into my picks, here's a look at all 30 teams, sorted in order by the win totals. They are so talented and deep and a "lack of motivation" doesn't really move the needle for me. Now he will lead Houston as M.L.B.'s only Black general manager. And then, down one in the 11th, the Astros tied the game again this time on a ball four that got by Caratini with a runner on third. You can't go wrong with either Ray or Cole, but Ray gets the nod here after leading the American League in ERA (2.84), strikeouts (248), WHIP (1.05) and quality starts (23). The A's lost Liam Hendriks and Marcus Semien and though they won't be significantly compromised, they'll be slightly worse. Posey is only the second player to retire after being named Comeback Player of the Year since MLB first presented the award in 2005, along with Yankees closer Mariano Rivera after the 2013 season. They went 55-26 at home and have two of the best rookies in baseball returning in Michael Harris and Spencer Strider. In the top of the 11th, the Astros chose to intentionally walk Tatis. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 11:02PM. And in light of trading Raisel Iglesias and not even really trying to keep Trevor Bauer, those Eugenio Suarez trade rumors are very concerning. New acquisition Carlos Santana helps and it's possible Andrew Benintendi gets his career back on track with the change in scenery. However, Ohtani does exist in a very big way. The No. THE AWARDS HAVE SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE TO PLAYERS BECAUSE THE WINNERS ARE SELECTED IN BALLOTING AMONG THEIR PEERS. Pittsburgh has some exciting young players including KeBryan Hayes and Oneil Cruz. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? They are that good. This section is showing information that is up to date as of the end of the 2022 MLB season. The offense will be better than last season for sure, but the Brewers were 12th in the NL in runs, 12th in average and 13th in OPS. In other words, these were the five games where the team that ultimately won had, at some point in the game, the lowest odds of winning. Boasting a 2.47 ERA and 0.97 WHIP, both ranking in the top four across baseball, Buehler has taken over as the Dodgers' clear ace, even before the trade for Max Scherzer. Baltimore's amazing 2021 season continued with another heart-pounding comeback win. Win totals are only available prior to the season since theyre a season-long proposition. After winning a league-high 107 games in 2021, the Giants regressed badly without Buster Posey and finished third in the N.L. I also think it'll be with fewer than 97 victories. Mancini missed all of the 2020 season as he underwent treatment for Stage 3 colon cancer, which he was diagnosed with in March of that year after a colonoscopy revealed a malignant tumor. 2021 Players Choice Awards Finalists | MLBPA SINCE 1992, THE PLAYERS CHOICE AWARDS HAVE RECOGNIZED THE OUTSTANDING ON- AND OFF-FIELD PERFORMANCES OF PLAYERS. 2021 NFL Comeback Player of the Year: Challengers Saquon Barkley, RB, New York Giants / Odds: +600 Christian McCaffrey, RB, Carolina Panthers / Odds: +600 Nick Bosa, DE, San Francisco 49ers /. 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It wouldn't be surprising to see the top four teams in the division all finish with winning records and the Yankees aren't nearly the titan the Dodgers are, so I see them taking the title with around 92-94 wins. Was once almost ejected from a rec softball game for employing too many infield shifts. Rene Rivera Launches a deep ball to left which falls short of the walk off by about 5 Feet but still tied up the game for the Indians in the Bottom of the of the 9th and force Extras pic.twitter.com/yQSFR7U6Mi, MLB Walk Offs & Game Winning Plays (@MLBWalk_Offs) June 12, 2021. Twelve players were named to the Major League Baseball All-Star team in their Comeback Award-winning season: Jim Thome, Nomar Garciaparra, Dmitri Young, Cliff Lee, Brad Lidge, Aaron Hill, Tim Hudson, Lance Berkman, Jacoby Ellsbury, Buster Posey, Fernando Rodney, and Mariano Rivera, with Posey also being named to the All-MLB Team. While the Mariners ended up falling just short of the playoffs, Haniger slashed .253/.318/.485 and provided power in the middle of a scrappy Mariners lineup that lacked it a year ago. They added Trea Turner to a loaded lineup and are getting +850 odds at DraftKings to repeat as N.L. One of the best-known sportsbooks on the market, DraftKings offers great MLB sports betting options . That is a 105.8 MPH, 425-foot, absolutely demolished walk-off grand-slam home run to complete the fourth-most unlikely comeback of the year. By signing Jacob deGrom, the Rangers increased their expectations and theyre now even with the Twins and Angels at +2000 to win the World Series. I guess that chance lies in the whole "they just won the World Series, finally, so they won't be as motivated for the regular season this year. When Brad Miller came up to bat with two outs in the bottom of the seventh (remember, it was a doubleheader) the Phillies win expectancy was down to 0.47%. Christian Vazquez scored Hernandez a batter later with a grounder that skipped over the first-base bag, and Bobby Dalbec followed with a two-run homer estimated at 453 feet. Posey is now a two-time Comeback Player of the Year -- he also won the award in 2012 and is the only Giants player to win. Javier Bez cracks a two-run single to center field, scoring Jake Marisnick and Sergio Alcntara to trim the Cardinals lead to 6-5 pic.twitter.com/FCPX5wJv1K, Cubs Highlights (@Cubs_Highlights) July 21, 2021. Look at the lineup, too. Then, his two-run single in the eighth inning put the Mariners ahead for good. The Brewers continued to struggle last year in terms of closing out games and once again had some of the worst splits against left-handed pitching. Well, we may be looking at the two league MVP Award winners right here. Then there are the Angels, who should never, ever be trusted at this point along with the still-not-contending Rangers and Mariners. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. For example, the White Sox are listed as -190 to win the AL Central ahead of the 2022 season, which means a $100 investment would only net you $52.63 if they were to win. Again, high-70s in wins (I'll pick 77). The argument Kapler is similar to the one for Servais: Neither club was supposed to be this impressive. This list is complete back to 1973 and mostly complete back to 1915. Houston fans have become accustomed to batting champs, of course, as Jose Altuve took home three crowns, in 2014, 16 and 17. The Dodgers were +550 to win the World Series at BetMGM on March 22. CY Young winner Justin Verlander. By Ray Hamill A packed house at College of the Redwoods on Saturday night lifted the Corsairs to victory in their opening playoff game. . Visit ESPN to view 2022 MLB stat leaders. The Nats posted a league-worst 55-107 record last season with terrible numbers on both sides of the ball. They were on pace for 116 wins last year. The Mariners weren't expected to contend for years, let alone play .500 baseball this season. Full disclosure: when I wrote the first draft of this piece, the lockout was still going strong. This comeback was the second game of an epic doubleheader in Philadelphia, as Max Scherzer started the day by pitching six one-run innings in what would become his final Nationals start in game 1. Rogers held an ERA under 2.00 until the second half of June and was the Marlins' lone All-Star representative. Noah Song has no illusions about the tests in front of him as he approaches the end of his first week of spring training after joining the Phillies from . Mancini even competed in the Home Run Derby -- and nearly won it, before falling to Pete Alonso in the finals. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. In yet another sign of MLBs offensive evolution, Duvall hit .228 and still racked up those 113 RBIs -- the most tallied by any player who hit under .230 in a season in AL/NL history. This award will probably go to Cash, but managers like Servais and A.J. If that's the case we'd have a loser by June. Mancini is the first Oriole to win MLB's Comeback Player of the Year Award. With the club eliminated from playoff contention, however, the Phillies opted to give Wheeler -- who pitched an MLB-most 213 1/3 innings -- the day off. The BattleHawks (1-0) are coming off a thrilling comeback. Better should be a given, but that doesn't make it productive. Statistical data provided by Gracenote. They've also proven to themselves they can win, after the 2020 regular season and coming back from an 0-1 deficit in a best-of-three series -- and they needed multiple comebacks in Game 2 to stave off elimination. The Cardinals fifth run of the game came on this 110.7 MPH laser from Tommy Edman: Tommy Edman St. Louis Cardinals (6) pic.twitter.com/hT4co2cgsm, MLB HR Videos (@MLBHRVideos) July 21, 2021. Jorge Soler is plenty capable of a homer barrage, again, so I'm pretty confident they'll be drastically improved from their 13th-place finish in the AL in runs scored last season. With two outs in the 11th Myles Straw scores on a pass ball to tie the game at 8 pic.twitter.com/fApEEU0WUm, Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) May 30, 2021. 2021-22 A W 67 50 . The Phillies did and Harper gets the nod for what he did to keep them in the postseason mix for as long as they were. After an outstanding and exciting regular season, the postseason is next up. Teammates Austin Riley (107) and Ozzie Albies (106) gave Atlanta three 100-RBI bashers in '21. They were on pace for 116 wins last year. Maybe in celebrating these games we can all feel a little bit of extra hope this Spring as we gear up for another blissful 162-game season. On Thursday afternoon, Posey was named the National League Comeback Player of the Year in Players Choice Awards voting. Perez set a record for the most single-season home runs by a primary catcher, surpassing Johnny Benchs previous record of 45 set way back in 1970. Teams like the Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland As have projected win totals in the 60s. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: mlb | pageType: stories | What came next was anything but weak. Its an understatement to say things looked bleak in the top of the ninth. We also know the Cubs generally have surpassed most projection models since turning the corner in 2015. Before these past two playoff berths (they were bounced in the ALDS in 2019), the Rays missed the playoffs five straight years and were under .500 in four of those. 2020-21 H L 50 85 . Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. deserve serious consideration. And then Chas McCormick laced a double to deep left. Still managing to finish four games under .500 in 60 with that stretch says they were pretty terrible other than that. Losing George Springer is a big deal and it's certainly possible that the rotation could fall apart, but there's also a lot of talent in said rotation and the position-playing side still has the likes of Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Michael Brantley and Carlos Correa. But Gurriel, in his age-37 season, tied Barry Bonds (2002) as the oldest player to win his first league batting title. Arozarena slashed a .274/.356/.459, while Franco posted a comparable (and slightly better) .288/.347/.463. Here is a look at this years baseball win total over/unders from the pre-season, with most projected wins to the least. Buehler's teammate, Julio Urias, had the most wins (20), and Scherzer had a slightly lower ERA (2.46), but no one in baseball had more quality starts than Buehler (27). Padres pitchers have claimed two of the past three MLB save titles, after Kirby Yates did so in 19. Furthermore, think about how Kapler managed the Giants' depth and got everyone to buy in. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. With one out, the Nats chose to intentionally walk Jean Segura, and then made the fatal mistake of walking Aaron Nola (yes, that Aaron Nola) to load the bases for Brad Miller. Prior to his injury, Hudson accrued five saves and posted a 2.22 ERA across 24 1/3 innings. 9 Runs: Detroit Tigers 14, Milwaukee Brewers 13 (April 25, 1901) An overflow crowd of 10,000-plus was on hand at Detroit's Bennett Park for the Tigers' first MLB game in the new AL, but the grandstand had thinned out by the time the home team came to bat in the ninth inning down 13-4. Still, the 4-5 spots are rough and the bullpen lost its closer (can Sean Doolittle recapture his old glory to form a lethal lefty combo with Amir Garrett?) NL: Harrison Bader (STL), +14 (entering Sunday)Baders placement is no surprise to Cardinals fans who have seen his ascension in center field mirror the Redbirds overall improvement on defense over the past three seasons. Atlanta Braves 15 . Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. He gives the Royals their second league homer king following Jorge Soler in 2019, after no Kansas City player had taken home that title across the franchises first 50 seasons. I've been doing this for years and generally sit around 65 percent with my success rate, topping out at 8-2 and bottoming out at 5-4-1. All Rights Reserved. NL/MLB: Trea Turner (LAD), .328Turner hit .322 in 96 games with the Nationals before being acquired by the Dodgers at the Trade Deadline, and he took things to another level in Los Angeles. Central and have been very consistent under Terry Francona. MLB Odds: Which Team May Be Sleeping Giant Of AL East? With a lack of perceived offensive talent on their roster beyond Jose Ramirez, the Guardians were only projected for 76.5 wins last offseason. Jeff Passan's . Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. He swiped 21 for the Nationals and then 11 more for the Dodgers after coming over with Max Scherzer in the July 30 blockbuster trade. Posey led all catchers with at least 100 games played in both batting average and OPS, and he was named the NL Silver Slugger at catcher for the fifth time and an All-Star for the seventh time. Behind Posey's .304 batting average, 18 home runs, 56 RBIs and .889 OPS, the Giants set a franchise record with 107 wins. The MVP awards seem pretty obvious after dissecting the numbers, while the Cy Young, Manager of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards are more interesting to debate. They overcame a 27-point deficit against the Dallas Mavericks for a 111-108 win in what was the biggest comeback in the NBA this season and the Lakers' largest rally in 21 years.. Los Angeles . Behind by five runs entering the ninth inning in St. Louis Tuesday evening, the Cubs pulled off a crazy six-run rally and defeated the Cardinals 7-6. 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