MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Colin Rea
Colin Rea
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Jameson Taillon
Jameson Taillon
TOR · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Colin Rea wins 1 (ERA); Jameson Taillon wins 1 (WHIP); 2 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
Jameson Taillon
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
9.2%
Jameson Taillon
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
17.2%
Jameson Taillon
20.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Colin Rea
30.2%
Jameson Taillon
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
41.9%
Jameson Taillon
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
10.3%
Jameson Taillon
14.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Colin Rea
.354
Jameson Taillon
.367
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
4.435.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.70
4.99
Jameson Taillon
4.435.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.37
5.30
WHIPlower is better
Colin Rea
1.211.44
now 1.37
1.37
Jameson Taillon
1.211.44
now 1.28
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Colin Rea
4071.40
now 49
0
Jameson Taillon
4071.40
now 51
0
Winshigher is better
Colin Rea
.0007
now 5
0–0
Jameson Taillon
.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
SellJameson Taillon — sell.conf 0.90
Tweet