Acres Was Avoid Since Round 3. He Just Scored 108 at $377k. The Registry Has Flipped to Buy.
Blake Acres was avoid since Round 3 due to injury. He just scored 67 and 108 back-to-back at $377k. The registry has flipped to buy and the price has not moved.
Acres Was Avoid Since Round 3. He Just Scored 108 at $377k. The Registry Has Flipped to Buy.
He disappeared for nine rounds. The price didn't move. The 108 says the injury thesis is cooked.
If you forgot about Blake Acres, that's fair. Most coaches did. The Carlton midfielder was a preseason buy at $377k with a GREEN light and a 55 BE — then he vanished. Didn't suit up from Round 3 through Round 11. The injury cloud turned him into a ghost.
What happened when he came back
Round 12: 67. Twelve above his 55 BE in Carlton's tight 4-point home win over Geelong. Solid, not spectacular. The registry called it a watch — positive result, but wait for a follow-up before committing cash.
Round 13: 108. Fifty-three above BE in Carlton's 5-point away win over Essendon. In an arm-wrestle. That's not a junk-time score in a 60-point blowout — that's elite midfield output when the game is on the line.
The price anomaly
Here's the bit that should get your attention: Acres is still sitting at $377k. The same price he was in Round 0. Nine rounds of not playing, then 67 and 108 back-to-back, and the market hasn't moved.
His 55 BE means he only needs to average in the mid-50s to hold value. He scored 108. The gap between where the price is and where his scoring says it should be is enormous.
Why the injury thesis is dead
The avoid verdict from Round 3 was correct at the time — you can't pick a player who isn't playing. But the Round 13 buy verdict isn't just a flip; it's a demolition of the entire injury case.
Two games back, two scores above BE, the second one nearly doubling his breakeven. Cash gen is flat at $0 from the $377k base — which tells you the price hasn't caught up to the scoring. When it does, the window closes.
What the registry says now
Buy. The bounce-back is confirmed and the price hasn't caught up. At 0% ownership, you're not buying into a crowded trade — you're one of the first coaches to notice.
The risk? Carlton's midfield is deep and Acres needs to hold his spot. But 108 in a 5-point away win is the kind of performance that locks a role, not the kind that gets managed.
Should you bring him in?
If you've got a MID spot and $377k to spend, Acres is the definition of a buy-low window. The scoring ceiling is elite, the BE is comfortable, and the market hasn't woken up yet.
Wait and see for me if you need another week of data. But if you're the type who backs the numbers over the noise, this is your entry point.
Updated: 26 June 2026. Data sourced from RookieBible intel registry.
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