After a few attempts in 2016 to convert him from back pocket to a HFF, Essendon tried again with Mark Baguley in round 7 last year and this time it clicked with a scoreboard return of 20.9. He averaged right on the forward baseline in those games, with a high of 16 disposals. Baguley has effectively become the poor man's Jake Melksham and, considering the ex-Don is barely startable at Melbourne, that makes the current Bomber replacement-level at best and not really worthy of a draft pick, as you'd be dropping him early in any case.
Baguley seeks bags
After a few attempts in 2016 to convert him from back pocket to a HFF, Essendon tried again with Mark Baguley in round 7 last year and this time it clicked with a scoreboard return of 20.9. He averaged right on the forward baseline in those games, with a high of 16 disposals. Baguley has effectively become the poor man's Jake Melksham and, considering the ex-Don is barely startable at Melbourne, that makes the current Bomber replacement-level at best and not really worthy of a draft pick, as you'd be dropping him early in any case.
Baguley back to basics
Returning to defence for good for the 2017 season after an ill-fated forward experiment, Mark Baguley delivered his worst basic numbers since his 2013 breakout, focusing far more on stopping than creating. This is Baguley's best role, it's just not one that is going to make him particularly valuable for fantasy purposes. He is a warm body to pick off the free agent pool if you have no other options, nothing more.
