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

Matt Waldron.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — 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

Matt Waldron wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Colin Rea wins 0 (none); 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
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
9.2%
Matt Waldron
8.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
17.2%
Matt Waldron
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Colin Rea
30.2%
Matt Waldron
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
41.9%
Matt Waldron
36.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
10.3%
Matt Waldron
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Colin Rea
.354
Matt Waldron
.291
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
2.328.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.70
4.99
Matt Waldron
2.328.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.08
WHIPlower is better
Colin Rea
1.141.87
now 1.37
1.37
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Colin Rea
4068.60
now 49
0
Matt Waldron
4068.60
now 22
0
Winshigher is better
Colin Rea
.0007
now 5
0–0
Matt Waldron
.0007
now 1
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellColin Rea — sell.conf 0.90
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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