MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Colin Rea
Colin Rea
CHC · P
Change to
Edward Cabrera
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Edward Cabrera.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Colin Rea’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Edward Cabrera wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Colin Rea wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Colin Rea
93.7
Edward Cabrera
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
9.8%
Edward Cabrera
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
17.5%
Edward Cabrera
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Colin Rea
30.7%
Edward Cabrera
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
39.6%
Edward Cabrera
42.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
10.4%
Edward Cabrera
11.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Colin Rea
.358
Edward Cabrera
.338
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Colin Rea
4.405.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.70
5.07
Edward Cabrera
4.405.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.99
4.62
WHIPlower is better
Colin Rea
1.301.49
now 1.37
1.39
Edward Cabrera
1.301.49
now 1.42
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Colin Rea
4058.60
now 49
39
Edward Cabrera
4058.60
now 53
46
Winshigher is better
Colin Rea
.8006.20
now 5
35
Edward Cabrera
.8006.20
now 3
23

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellColin Rea — sell.conf 0.90
SellEdward Cabrera — sell.conf 0.79
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