Hawthorn AFL Fantasy Classic Prices 2019

It appeared to be a normal Friday morning with pre-season back in full swing, but on the 11th of January news filtered through that Tom Mitchell had suffered a significant leg injury & will likely miss the entire 2019 season.

All fantasy coaches are no doubt hoping for a full recovery & best wishes for Tom Mitchell, as the news sinks in the attention will turn to a change in strategy for the upcoming fantasy season.

Initially the projected high ownership for Mitchell will be diluted towards other premium options, other coaches may opt for a completely different structure as a result of the Mitchell injury.

Options at Hawthorn have also opened up for the 2019 season, information & a pre-season focus is highly recommended for any potential opportunities.

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2019 Potential Targets:

Liam Shiels MID $704K

Despite some inconsistency last season Shiels recorded a fair share of ceiling games, he scored 100pts or more in 47.8% of games & 120pts or more in 21.7% of games in 2018.

Shiels averaged a career season high 23.1 Disposals last season, he also averaged 6.5 Tackles (Hawthorn Rank: 1).

Despite the increase in opportunity for Shiels this season he will likely be lowly owned at Round 1, the Hawks could also regress as a result of the Mitchell injury which may limit the ceiling for Shiels in 2019.

Jaeger O’Meara MID $695K

O’Meara has been in the Hawks system for 2 years now, he increased his games played from 6 to 21 last season after missing a significant period with knee issues at Gold Coast.

O’Meara averaged a career season high 94.7pts last season, he scored 100pts or more in 33.3% of games & 120pts or more in 14.3% of games.

For those looking at a short term point of difference O’Meara could be a target early in the 2019 season, he has the contested game that could easily produce decent scores with the absence of Mitchell.

James Worpel MID/FWD $480K

Worpel is likely impacted the most by the long term injury to Mitchell, he emerged late in the 2018 season averaging 20.0 Disposals from his last 8 games which included a career high 32 Disposals in Round 18 against Carlton.

The Hawks could rely heavily on Worpel entering just his second season and just 11 games, his numbers could be volatile but if given a majority of midfield usage his upside might be tough to ignore.

Take a keen interest in the JLT Series not only for the Hawks but in particular Worpel, if his numbers start to spike then he could slot nicely into your Forward line.

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Player	Position	2018 Avg	2018 Gms	2019 Price
Mitchell, Tom	MID	129.18	22	$938000
Shiels, Liam	MID	97	21	$704000
O'Meara, Jaeger	MID	95.75	20	$695000
Sicily, James	DEF	95.57	14	$694000
Smith, Isaac	MID	89.09	22	$647000
Gunston, Jack	FWD	86.67	21	$629000
McEvoy, Ben	RUC	86.59	17	$628000
Breust, Luke	FWD	84.45	22	$613000
Henderson, Ricky	MID	84.1	20	$610000
Wingard, Chad	MID/FWD	82.33	21	$598000
Burgoyne, Shaun	MID	78.67	15	$571000
Howe, Daniel	MID	77.2	15	$560000
Roughead, Jarryd	FWD	73.35	20	$532000
Impey, Jarman	DEF/FWD	69.95	22	$508000
Morrison, Harry	MID/FWD	66.21	19	$481000
Worpel, James	MID/FWD	68.22	9	$480000
Hardwick, Blake	DEF	64.64	22	$469000
Miles, Teia	DEF	66.88	8	$456000
Ceglar, Jonathon	RUC/FWD	62.9	10	$456000
Scully, Tom	MID	23	1	$446000
Puopolo, Paul	FWD	59.28	18	$430000
Frawley, James	DEF	54.28	18	$394000
Mirra, David	DEF	60.17	6	$384000
Stratton, Ben	DEF	49.91	22	$362000
Brand, Kaiden	DEF	49.8	10	$361000
Schoenmakers, Ryan	FWD	47.75	8	$361000
O'Brien, Tim	FWD	48.5	12	$352000
Birchall, Grant	DEF	0	0	$350000
Nash, Conor	FWD	60.33	3	$346000
Cousins, James	MID	50.5	4	$329000
Minchington, Darren	MID	0	0	$324000
Glass, Conor	DEF	47.5	4	$315000
Pittonet, Marc	RUC	52.5	2	$290000
Mohr, Tim	DEF	42.5	2	$234000
Scrimshaw, Jack	DEF	0	0	$203000
Lewis, Mitch	FWD	25.5	2	$170000
Jiath, Changkuoth	DEF	0	0	$170000
Jones, Harrison	DEF	0	0	$170000
Koschitzke, Jacob	DEF/FWD	0	0	$170000
Moore, Dylan	FWD	0	0	$170000
Ross, Jackson	FWD	0	0	$170000
Hanrahan, Oliver	FWD	0	0	$170000
Greaves, Damon	DEF/MID	0	0	$170000
Golds, Will	MID	0	0	$170000
Walker, Mathew	MID/FWD	0	0	$170000