Cumming scores 32 in Richmond's 37-point blowout win over Adelaide at the MCG — 1 above his 31 BE but in pure garbage-time conditions. His two-game run of 80+ before this was the real Cumming; a 32 in a blowout isn't a red flag. The shoulder surgery is post-season only — confirmed by the club. Cash gen $1,885/wk, price $214.2k. Hold — the runway is real but Burton is the cleaner cash gen play; don't trade Cumming out unless you have a genuine upgrade target.
Signals1/3 · Weak alignment
Form
Declining
Trajectory
+$2k/wk
Consistency
Volatile
Sam Cumming
·Bye Rd 12·⚠ test - Shoulder (Test)
MID
SC Avg36.0
Form
Break-even33↑ rising
Price$224k3wk ↑ $261k
Owned—
Value1.0poor
UNDERVALUED — 3 pts above BE. Price rising.+$2k/wk
R0
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R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
80
How they compare
Sam Cumming
MID
Tai Hayes
MID
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Form
R7
80
R8
80
R9
32
R10
40
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Pricing
Price$224k
Price$114k
Breakeven33
Breakeven17
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.
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