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Bayley Fritsch#31

MEL - Melbourne
FWD
Age: 29 years
Career Games: 192
Debut: 2018
Height: 186cm
26Medium Risk

Quick Stats

192
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
21
Season Games
2026 AFL season
4
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
2
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Last injury: Finger injury — listed as a Test on the AFL R18 Medical Room. Onset unverified against player_games; injury date defaulted to R17 round start. — 4 July 2026 · 102d ago

Current Status

Available
Season over

Available for selection

Risk Profile

5 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 4 recorded injuries — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Injury volume

4 injuries in the scoring window — frequent injuries compound risk.

Recurrence

1 flagged recurrence within 24 months — same body region, repeat injury.

Multi-season pattern

1 body region injured across both recent and earlier seasons — a long-running vulnerability.

Age

Age 29 — injury risk rises ~1 point per year past 28 (capped at +10).

Note:Risk factors are derived from a heuristic (injury history, age, workload, recurrence) — a placeholder while the ML model is pending. Bars show each driver's relative contribution, not an exact running total.

Career Durability

90
Ironman→
Rank: 59 (93th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↘️

Games Played21 / 23
Goals1

On pace for 16.7 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency85/100
Age Factor90/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)→

Weighted Average21.3 games
Recent TierIronman

Career: 8 seasons, 171 games (21.4 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
201823
201922
202016
202124
202224
202317
202423
202522
Durability calculated from 8 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Patterns

Body regions injured more than once — the multi-season recurrence view.

Grouped by OSIICS body region. OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Injury Profile

4
Total Injuries
11
Games Missed
0
Soft Tissue
4
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural4 (100%)

11 games missed · Last: July 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone
Injury Frequency Score90/100
⚠️3 injuries in the past 12 months
🔄Recurring injury history detected
OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

9.08k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
8
Trips
Out of 22 games played
412.6
km / game
Average per appearance

Interstate flights only. Same-state and home-venue games count as 0 travel. Excludes games the player did not feature in.

Season Availability

Every round of the season — played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 19 · missed 2 to injury

R0
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R16
R17
R18
R19
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

4 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
4 July 2026R172× · 1.10k km
Hand/Wrist Injury (General)7 updates
WBXX
Minor (1)
Returned
29 Mar 2026R31× · 2.72k km
Foot Injury (General)7 updates
FTXX
Minor (1)
Returned
28 Feb 2026
Hand/Wrist Injury (General)
WBXX
Minimal (0)
Returned
1 July 2023
Foot Injury (General)
FTXX
Moderate (9)
Returned