Macdonald posted 49 in Hawthorn's 6-point home loss to the Bulldogs — 31 above his 18 BE as a 10-game rookie defender. The prior R11 buy call is validating; R12 hold was the right consolidation. At $122.6k with a 59 average and zero cash gen, the price is a gift for a rookie showing this kind of ceiling. Buy — job security and scoring upside are both present.
Signals1/3 · Weak alignment
Form
Declining
Trajectory
+$2k/wk
Consistency
No data
Bailey Macdonald
DEF
SC Avg46.4
Form
Break-even27↑ rising
Price$181k3wk ↑ $211k
Owned—
Value1.2poor
UNDERVALUED — 19 pts above BE. Price rising.+$2k/wk
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How they compare
Bailey Macdonald
DEF
Cillian Burke
DEF
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Form
R11
59
R12
51
R13
49
R15
31
R16
42
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Pricing
Price$181k
Price$120k
Breakeven27
Breakeven18
Cash/wk+$2k
Cash/wk+$0k
But this is generic. Your team changes everything.
Sam Mitchell
MID
AVG94
3GM102
BKE88
PRICE$485k
Trade Mitchell → upgrade Xerri to Grundy. Frees $38k and fixes your ruck.
Your personalised recommendation
Read the latest SuperCoach thought pieces and player intel — grounded in prices, form, and community signal — before you pull the trigger on Bailey Macdonald.