MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 29, 2026
Portrait of Colin Rea
Colin Rea
CHC · P
Change to
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 0–0, 4 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Colin Rea wins 0 (none); Jake Irvin wins 0 (none); 4 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Colin Rea
93.8
Jake Irvin
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
9.3%
Jake Irvin
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
17.2%
Jake Irvin
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Colin Rea
30.3%
Jake Irvin
25.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
41.7%
Jake Irvin
44.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
10.2%
Jake Irvin
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Colin Rea
.351
Jake Irvin
.351
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
4.485.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.70
4.93
Jake Irvin
4.485.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.93
WHIPlower is better
Colin Rea
1.281.44
now 1.37
1.36
Jake Irvin
1.281.44
now 1.35
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Colin Rea
4081.20
now 49
0
Jake Irvin
4081.20
now 58
0
Winshigher is better
Colin Rea
.0007
now 5
0–0
Jake Irvin
.0007
now 2
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellColin Rea — sell.conf 0.90
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.90
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