San Diego Padres minor league players

Daison Acosta

Daison Maquier Acosta (born August 24, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Acosta began his professional career in the New York Mets organization. After the 2023 season, the Washington Nationals selected him in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.^[1]

Acosta split 2025 between the Single-A Fredericksburg Nationals, Double-A Harrisburg Senators, and Triple-A Rochester Red Wings, accumulating a combined 5-1 record and 2.42 ERA with 72 strikeouts and five saves across 46 appearances. He elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2025.^[2]

On December 8, 2025, Acosta signed a one-year, major league contract with the San Diego Padres.^[3] On March 9, 2026, Acosta was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas.^[4]

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Jase Bowen

Jase Callaway Bowen (born September 2, 2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Bowen attended Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio.^[5]

Bowen was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Pirates rather than play college baseball and college football at Michigan State University.^[6][7][8] He made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast League Pirates.

Bowen did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9] He returned to action in 2021 to play for the Bradenton Marauders and played 2022 with Bradenton and the Greensboro Grasshoppers.^[10] After the season, Bowen played in the Australian Baseball League for the Sydney Blue Sox.

Bowen started 2023 with Greensboro before being promoted to the Altoona Curve. He made 110 appearances for Altoona during the 2024 campaign, slashing .241/.298/.366 with 10 home runs, 43 RBI, and 22 stolen bases.^[11]

Bowen split the 2025 season between Bradenton, Greensboro, Altoona, and the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, slashing a cumulative .272/.353/.449 with nine home runs, 37 RBI, and 20 stolen bases. He elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2025.^[12]

On November 26, 2025, Bowen signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.^[13]

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Sean Boyle

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Sean Boyle
Boyle in 2022 with the Somerset Patriots
San Diego Padres
Pitcher
Born: (1996-10-29) October 29, 1996 (age 29) Selden, New York, U.S.
Bats: Right Throws: Right

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Sean Boyle (born October 29, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Boyle grew up in Selden, New York and attended Newfield High School. He did not play baseball until his junior year at Newfield. Boyle began his college baseball career at Suffolk County Community College, playing for two seasons before transferring to Dallas Baptist University.^[14] As a senior for the Dallas Baptist Patriots, Boyle made 21 appearances with two starts and went 1–1 with a 3.60 ERA and 40 strikeouts over 35 innings pitched.^[15]

The New York Yankees selected Boyle in the 25th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team and received a $10,000 signing bonus. After signing with the team Boyle was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Yankees as a reliever and struck out 20 batters over 15 innings pitched.^[16]

Boyle began the 2019 season with the Pulaski Yankees before earning a promotion to the Low-A Staten Island Yankees after posting a 1.88 ERA with 32 strikeouts in 28+2⁄3 innings pitched.^[17] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[18]

Boyle began the 2021 season with the Low-A Tampa Tarpons, where he began to transition from a reliever to a starter before being promoted to the High-A Hudson Valley Renegades where in his first start, threw a combined no-hitter for Hudson Valley Renegades, their first in 20 years. He then was promoted to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.^[19] where in his first start in Triple-A, threw a complete game no-hitter against the Worcester Red Sox. Boyle was named aa the Triple-A International League pitcher of the week for the week of September 22. Boyle had risen through four levels of the minor leagues in 2021 and threw two no-hitters that year. Boyle was later assigned to the Double-A Somerset Patriots before being assigned back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.^[20]

To begin 2022, Boyle pitched two innings in a March 20 Yankees spring training game, allowing no runs. He was assigned to Double-A Somerset in order to get more innings for his continued conversion to a full-time starting pitcher. Boyle was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for July 17 and Eastern League of the Month for July.^[21] He was also named 2022 Pitcher of the year ^[22] voted by Somerset fans. Boyle had a record 10 straight quality starts at Double-A Somerset, the longest streak by any minor leaguer since 2019 before he was promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at the beginning of August.^[23] In 2022, Boyle ranked second of all minor league pitchers with 155+1⁄3 innings pitched, third with 13 wins, and fourth with 160 strikeouts.^[24]

Boyle made 28 appearances (23 starts) for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2025, compiling a 9-9 record and 4.61 ERA with 120 strikeouts across 134+2⁄3 innings pitched. He elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2025.^[25]

On November 26, 2025, Boyle signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.^[26]

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Miguel Cienfuegos

Miguel Cienfuegos (born February 10, 1997) is a Panamanian-Canadian professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization. He was named to the Panama national baseball team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic

Cienfuegos attended Northwest Florida State College as a pitcher and outfielder and graduated in 2018. He did not pitch in 2019 and 2020. For the 2021 season, Cienfuegos signed with the Capitales de Quebec of the Frontier League, where he was 9-6 with a 3.78 ERA. In 2022 for the Capitales, Cienfuegos was 10-2 with a 1.79 ERA. The Capitales would win the 2022 Frontier League championship while Cienfuegos would become the 2022 Frontier League pitcher of the year.^[27]

Following the 2022 season, Cienfuegos pitched for the Adelaide Giants of the Australian Baseball League. For the 2023 season, Cienfuegos signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. Cienfuegos was promoted to the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas in the 2024 season.^[28]

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Andrew Dalquist

Andrew R. Dalquist (born November 13, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Dalquist was born and grew up in Redondo Beach, California, and attended Redondo Union High School. As a senior, he went 9–0 with a 1.78 ERA and 103 strikeouts.^[29] Dalquist had committed to play college baseball at the University of Arizona prior to being drafted.^[30]

Dalquist was selected in the 3rd round (81st overall) of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft by the Chicago White Sox.^[31] After signing with the team, he was assigned to the Arizona League White Sox where he made three one-inning appearances, all of which were scoreless.^[32][33]

Dalquist did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[34] Dalquist was added to the White Sox's alternate training site midway through the Major League season.^[35][36]

Dalquist was assigned to the Low-A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers for the 2021 season.^[37] Over 23 starts, he went 3–9 with a 4.99 ERA and 79 strikeouts over 83 innings.^[38] Dalquist split the 2022 season between the High-A Winston-Salem Dash and Double-A Birmingham Barons. In 26 starts for the two affiliates, he logged a cumulative 3–11 record and 6.49 ERA with 80 strikeouts over 104 innings of work.^[39]

Dalquist returned to Winston-Salem for the 2023 season, but struggled to a 3–6 record and 7.69 ERA with 60 strikeouts across 22 appearances (15 starts).^[40] In 2024, Dalquist made 38 appearances out of the bullpen for Birmingham, registering a 2–3 record and 3.06 ERA with 52 strikeouts and one save over 47 innings of work.^[41]

Dalquist returned to Birmingham for the 2025 season, posting a 6–3 record and 3.20 ERA with 50 strikeouts and one save in 56+1⁄3 innings pitched across 43 relief appearances. He elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2025.^[42]

On December 17, 2025, Dalquist signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.^[43]

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Clay Dungan

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Clay Dungan
Dungan with the Omaha Storm Chasers in 2022
San Diego Padres – No. 55
Infielder
Born: (1996-06-02) June 2, 1996 (age 29) Muncie, Indiana, U.S.
Bats: Left Throws: Right

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Anthony Clay Dungan (born June 2, 1996) is an American professional baseball infielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Dungan attended Yorktown High School in Yorktown, Indiana, where he played baseball.^[44] He batted .488 with 13 steals as a senior in 2015.^[45] After graduating, he enrolled at Indiana State University where he played college baseball and batted .305 with nine home runs, 38 RBIs, and ten doubles over 61 starts as a senior in 2019.^[46] He was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the ninth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.^[47]

Dungan signed with the Royals and made his professional debut with the Idaho Falls Chukars with whom he was named an All-Star.^[48] Over 65 games, he hit .357 with two home runs, 38 RBIs, and 19 doubles. He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season.^[49] In 2021, he played with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals and slashed .288/.357/.405 with nine home runs, 56 RBIs, and 28 stolen bases over 108 games.^[50] He was assigned to the Omaha Storm Chasers for the 2022 season.^[51] Over 127 games, he compiled a .208/.294/.334 slash line with nine home runs, 52 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases.^[52] He returned to Omaha in 2023, hitting .273 with three home runs, thirty RBIs, and 16 stolen bases over 89 games.^[53]

On December 6, 2023, the San Diego Padres selected Dungan in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.^[54] He split the 2024 season between the San Antonio Missions and El Paso Chihuahuas, batting .242 with nine home runs, 71 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases over 127 games.^[55] Dungan was assigned to El Paso for the 2025 season and hit .273 with 14 home runs, 80 RBIs and 30 stolen bases over 140 games.^[56]

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Evan Fitterer

Evan Otto Fitterer (born June 26, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Fitterer attended Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo, California. As a senior in 2019, he went 9–1 with a 0.97 ERA and 82 strikeouts over 65 innings alongside batting .375.^[57] He was selected by the Miami Marlins in the fifth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.^[58][59] He signed with the team, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball for the UCLA Bruins.^[60]

Fitterer made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast League Marlins, posting a 2.38 ERA and 19 strikeouts over 22+2⁄3 innings.^[61] He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[62] He pitched only 30+1⁄3 innings in 2021 due to injury between the Gulf Coast League Marlins and the Jupiter Hammerheads, but did pitch seven innings in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox.^[63] Fitterer pitched for the Beloit Sky Carp in 2022, starting 22 games and going 4–7 with a 4.28 ERA and eighty strikeouts over 107+1⁄3 innings. He returned to Beloit to open the 2023 season and was promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in late April.^[64] Over 26 starts between the two teams, Fitterer went 9–8 with a 4.26 ERA and 118 strikeouts over 122+2⁄3 innings.^[65] Fitterer was assigned to Pensacola to open the 2024 season and went 6–6 with a 4.17 ERA and 85 strikeouts over 95 innings and 19 starts.^[66] He also briefly spent time with Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, posting a 7.71 ERA in six starts.

Fitterer was assigned back to Pensacola to open the 2025 season and was named Southern League Pitcher of the Month in April.^[67] He made 33 appearances (10 starts) for the Blue Wahoos, compiling a 7–6 record and 3.42 ERA with 94 strikeouts and one save across 94+2⁄3 innings pitched. Fitterer elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2025.^[68]

On December 8, 2025, Fitterer signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.^[69]

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Garrett Hawkins

Garrett David Hawkins (born February 10, 2002) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Hawkins played baseball at the University of British Columbia. He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the ninth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.^[70] He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2023 and missed the 2024 season.^[71]

Hawkins returned to action in 2025 with the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps and Double-A San Antonio Missions; in 45 appearances for the two affiliates, he accumulated a 9-1 record and 1.50 ERA with 80 strikeouts and 10 saves over 60 innings of work. On November 18, 2025, the Padres added Hawkins to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.^[72]

Hawkins was optioned to the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas to begin the 2026 season.^[73]

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Jagger Haynes

Coleman Jagger Haynes (born September 20, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Haynes attended West Columbus High School in Cerro Gordo, North Carolina, where he played baseball.^[74] He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the fifth round of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.^[75] He was the youngest pitcher selected in the draft.^[76] He signed with the team for $300,000, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of North Carolina.^[77]

Haynes underwent Tommy John surgery after being drafted, and made his professional debut in 2023 with the Lake Elsinore Storm.^[78] He started 11 games and went 0-3 with a 3.91 ERA. Haynes played with the Fort Wayne TinCaps for the 2024 season, starting 22 games and going 2-6 with a 4.64 ERA and 114 strikeouts over 110+2⁄3 innings.^[79] He was assigned to the San Antonio Missions for the 2025 season.^[80] Over 26 games (25 starts), Haynes went 3-4 with a 4.11 ERA and 101 strikeouts over 103 innings pitched.^[81]

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Isaiah Lowe

Isaiah Daniel Lowe (born May 7, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Lowe attended Combine Academy in Lincolnton, North Carolina, where he played baseball as a pitcher and third baseman.^[82] He committed to play college baseball at Wake Forest University.^[83] Lowe was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 11th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft, and signed with the team for $400,000.^[84]

Lowe made his professional debut in 2023 with the Arizona Complex League Padres and Lake Elsinore Storm, but appeared in only four games before undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery.^[85] He returned to Lake Elsinore to open the 2024 season and was promoted to the Fort Wayne TinCaps in late July.^[86] Over 24 games (twenty starts) between the two teams, Lowe went 7-6 with a 3.33 ERA and 111 strikeouts over 105+1⁄3 innings.^[87] Lowe returned to Fort Wayne for the 2025 season.^[88] Over 22 starts, he pitched to a 3-12 record, a 5.69 ERA and 70 strikeouts over 91+2⁄3 innings.^[89] Lowe was assigned to play in the Arizona Fall League with the Peoria Javelinas after the season.^[90]

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Kash Mayfield

Coleman Kash Mayfield (born February 8, 2005) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Mayfield attended Elk City High School in Elk City, Oklahoma, where he played baseball.^[91] As a senior in 2024, he went 8-0 with a 0.16 ERA and 115 strikeouts over 44 innings and was named the Gatorade Oklahoma Baseball Player of the Year, which he also won in 2023.^[92] He committed to play college baseball at Oklahoma State University.^[93]

Mayfield was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the first round, with the 25th overall selection, of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft.^[94][95][96] On July 24, 2024, Mayfield signed with the Padres on a $3.4 million contract.^[97]

Mayfield made his professional debut in 2025 with the Lake Elsinore Storm.^[98]

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Joshua Mears

Joshua Livingstone Mears (born February 21, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Mears was born in Kirkland, Washington and attended Federal Way High School. He batted .509 with ten home runs as a senior.^[99] Mears had committed to play college baseball at Purdue University prior to being drafted.^[100]

Mears was selected in the second round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres and received a $1 million signing bonus.^[101][102] After signing with the team, he was assigned to the Arizona League Padres and batted .253 with seven home runs, 24 RBIs, and thirty runs scored in 166 at-bats.^[103] Mears was named to the Padres' 2021 Spring Training roster as a non-roster invitee and entered the season as the organization's 10th-ranked prospect by MLB.com.^[104] He was assigned to the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm for the 2021 season.^[105] Over 71 games, he slashed .244/.368/.529 with 17 home runs, 48 RBIs, and ten stolen bases. He missed time during the season due to injury.^[106]

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Miguel Méndez

Miguel José Méndez (born July 1, 2002) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Méndez signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in February 2021. He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Padres. He pitched 2022 with the Arizona Complex League Padres and Fort Wayne TinCaps and 2023 with the Lake Elsinore Storm. After the 2023 season he pitched in the Arizona Fall League.

Méndez spent 2024 with Lake Elsinore and started 2025 with Lake Elsinore before being promoted to Fort Wayne and the Double-A San Antonio Missions.^[107] On November 18, 2025, the Padres added Méndez to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.^[108]

Méndez was optioned to Double-A San Antonio to begin the 2026 season.^[109]

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Carlos Rodríguez

Carlos David Rodríguez (born December 7, 2000) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

On July 2, 2017, Rodríguez signed with the Milwaukee Brewers as an international free agent.^[110] He spent his first professional season in 2018 with the Dominican Summer League Brewers and rookie–level Arizona League Brewers. In 2019, Rodríguez played in 43 games split between the AZL Brewers and rookie–level Rocky Mountain Vibes, hitting a combined .330/.346/.416 with three home runs, 13 RBI, and five stolen bases.^[111] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[112]

Rodríguez returned to action in 2021 with the High–A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, appearing in 94 games and hitting .267/.336/.348 with one home run, 38 RBI, and 15 stolen bases.^[113] He returned to Wisconsin the following season, playing in 42 games and batting .268/.355/.416 with three home runs, 21 RBI, and 10 stolen bases.^[114] Rodríguez spent the 2023 campaign with the Double–A Biloxi Shuckers, playing in 115 games and slashing .291/.359/.367 with one home run, 43 RBI, and 14 stolen bases.^[115]

In 2024, Rodríguez played for Biloxi and the Triple–A Nashville Sounds, hitting .284/.368/.374 with career–highs in home runs (4), RBI (52), and stolen bases (17). He elected free agency following the season on November 4, 2024.^[116]

On November 22, 2024, Rodríguez signed a one–year, major league contract with the Atlanta Braves.^[117] He was optioned to the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers to begin the 2025 season.^[118] In 138 appearances split between Gwinnett and the Double-A Columbus Clingstones, Rodríguez slashed a cumulative .254/.324/.326 with eight home runs, 37 RBI, and 20 stolen bases. On November 6, Rodríguez was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to Gwinnett; he subsequently rejected the assignment and elected free agency.^[119]

On November 21, 2025, Rodríguez signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.^[120]

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Kruz Schoolcraft

Kruz Schoolcraft (born April 18, 2007) is an American professional baseball pitcher and first baseman in the San Diego Padres organization.

Schoolcraft attended Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon.^[121] He played as a pitcher and also played first base in high school.^[122] As a junior in 2024, he went 10–1 with a 0.39 earned run average (ERA), and 146 strikeouts over 71+2⁄3 innings as a pitcher and hit .506 with seven home runs and 30 runs batted in (RBI).^[123]

Schoolcraft entered his senior year in 2025 as a top prospect for the 2025 Major League Baseball draft.^[124] He was committed to play college baseball at the University of Tennessee.^[125][126] Schoolcraft was selected with the 25th overall pick in the first round of the 2025 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres.^[127] Schoolcraft signed with the Padres for a $3,606,600 signing bonus on July 24, 2025.^[128]

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Justin Yeager

Justin Richard Yeager (born January 20, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Yeager attended Plainfield North High School and Southern Illinois University, where he played college baseball for the Southern Illinois Salukis. The Atlanta Braves selected Yeager in the 33rd round (997th overall) of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.^[129] He split his first professional season between the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Braves and Danville Braves. Yeager did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[130]

Yeager returned to action in 2021 with the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets and High-A Rome Braves. In 30 appearances for the two affiliates, he posted a cumulative 7-3 record and 2.93 ERA with 60 strikeouts and five saves over 40 innings of work.^[131] Yeager split the 2022 season between Rome and the Double-A Mississippi Braves, accumulating a 1-0 record and 3.10 ERA with 81 strikeouts and nine saves across 49 relief appearances.^[132]

On December 12, 2022, the Braves sent Yeager to the Milwaukee Brewers in a three-team trade in which the Braves acquired Sean Murphy, the Brewers also acquired William Contreras, and Joel Payamps, and the Athletics acquired Manny Piña, Esteury Ruiz, Kyle Muller, Freddy Tarnok, and Royber Salinas.^[133] Yeager made three scoreless appearances for the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers in 2023, but missed the majority of the season due to an injury.^[134]

Yeager returned to Biloxi in 2024, compiling a 3-6 record and 3.88 ERA with 56 strikeouts and 20 saves in 51 innings pitched across 47 appearances out of the bullpen.^[135] He made 49 appearances split between Biloxi and the Triple-A Nashville Sounds in 2025, registering a cumulative 3-3 record and 2.04 ERA with 50 strikeouts and 10 saves across 57+1⁄3 innings pitched. Yeager elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2025.^[136]

On February 4, 2026, Yeager signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.^[137]

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