AFL Player #26: Kaine Baldwin - Out for extended period with stress fracture in foot - 16/2

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 33, Zach Package

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Also, why does that photo look photoshopped to me?

 

[Red Black and Blue]

He said Richmond, Gold Coast and Collingwood were the other teams interested in him. Some good eyes for key forwards there and Collingwood.

 

[ghostdog]

Keen to see him play. What importance is signified that the deliberation took a couple of months? Seems a long time to decide but probably points to the complexity of his medical situation vs. a survey of other available player options.

 

[yodellinhank]

They need to give him a number so they can bring him in

 

[RedmanWasHere]

They need to give him a number so they can bring him in

And, now, he's got one.

The latest blonde player to snag No. 39.

 

[eth-dog]

And, now, he's got one.

The latest blonde player to snag No. 39.

I don't even remember who was in 39 before McQuillan honestly

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I don't even remember who was in 39 before McQuillan honestly

It was Trent Mynott.

 

[bennyg12]

Is this kid ready to start playing games or is he injured?

 

[eth-dog]

Is this kid ready to start playing games or is he injured?

Won't be ready for at least another month I believe (ACL)

 

[Lore]

Is this kid ready to start playing games or is he injured?

Drafted with an ACL or something, don't think we know exactly when he got injured though but it'd be 12 months after that at the earliest.

 

[yodellinhank]

And then profit

 

[TheGrizz]

Drafted with an ACL or something, don't think we know exactly when he got injured though but it'd be 12 months after that at the earliest.

It was june last year wasnt it?

Might see him late this year once the season is well and truly cooked (round 21-23ish) if he is fit and had some games under his belt

 

[Zach Package]

Reckon I saw April last year but it was a partial tear on his already reconstructed knee, not sure whether that that make it better or worse in terms of timeframe

 

[eth-dog]

Quick google says late June: https://www.afl.com.au/news/456762/talented-sa-prospect-to-miss-second-straight-season

 

[11kgm]

let's hope all going well he can lift the flag with the VFL side

 

[Don Won]

let's hope all going well he can lift the flag with the VFL side

Something extraordinary would need to happen for our VFL team to make finals this year. We seemed to have dropped the ball on list management for the VFL guys.

 

[ant555]

Something extraordinary would need to happen for our VFL team to make finals this year. We seemed to have dropped the ball on list management for the VFL guys.

Not sure about dropping the ball. They have gone young and the injuries to the AFL listed players have hurt.

 

[Don Won]

Not sure about dropping the ball. They have gone young and the injuries to the AFL listed players have hurt.

They started putting their list together later than the other teams and only had a few guys signed by feb. I expect they took a wait and see approach with COVID - but the net result will be an inexperienced/lighter framed unit. I’ve only gotten to the one practice match, but hopefully we’ve added a few bigger bodies since then.

 

[eth-dog]

They started putting their list together later than the other teams and only had a few guys signed by feb. I expect they took a wait and see approach with COVID - but the net result will be an inexperienced/lighter framed unit. I’ve only gotten to the one practice match, but hopefully we’ve added a few bigger bodies since then.

Incorrect.

 

[Don Won]

Incorrect.

I stand corrected.

 

[eth-dog]

I stand corrected.

We, rightly or wrongly, chose to go with youth instead of chasing the flag. We still have several experienced big bodies but they're in their early 20's rather than mid to late 20's.

 

[Phat Toni]

Something extraordinary would need to happen for our VFL team to make finals this year. We seemed to have dropped the ball on list management for the VFL guys.

as Ant said hard to field a good VFL team when you have 10(by my count) players who are either currently injured or have been injured over the last month(or longer) who would all have legitimate claims on a senior spot, be that claim as a 1st up starter or as a 1st choice backup. That takes a lot of talent out of the pool for the VFL team, not even the Tigers could cover that level of loss at their VFL level.

 

[ant555]

They started putting their list together later than the other teams and only had a few guys signed by feb. I expect they took a wait and see approach with COVID - but the net result will be an inexperienced/lighter framed unit. I’ve only gotten to the one practice match, but hopefully we’ve added a few bigger bodies since then.

We did not need to be chasing flags in the VFL. A few players that had signed have not played all the practice matches.

 

[eth-dog]

as Ant said hard to field a good VFL team when you have 10(by my count) players who are either currently injured or have been injured over the last month(or longer) who would all have legitimate claims on a senior spot, be that claim as a 1st up starter or as a 1st choice backup. That takes a lot of talent out of the pool for the VFL team, not even the Tigers could cover that level of loss at their VFL level.

That's pretty much what they did for the first half of 2019, where they won the flag.