The timeline to put these together has gotten to the point that I begin them in anticipation of potential signings…so needless to say this one has been in the works for a while!
As of this writing, no news has been announced, but we trudge on nonetheless as if it may be coming.
Baur’s 2024-2025 season did not include material minutes at any particular club/level, so I focused this exercise on his 2023-2024 season in Bundesliga 3 playing at Freiberg II, and then 2025-2026 at Paderborn in Bundesliga 2.
The first thing that jumped out to me across both seasons is his positional flexibility and that he has played in a variety of roles across midfield and also as a wide attacker at times. I decided to keep his peer group for benchmarking as central midfielders for both seasons. For both seasons I have included a teammate with whom to compare that also played in central midfield.
The first graphic for the season showed him to be a material attacking contributor, primary dead ball deliverer, and generally a very attack-minded passer when he played the ball forward. Average chance quality for shooting not good and volume of open play shot assists (which were required to generate expected assists) on the low side.
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