MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Colin Rea
Colin Rea
CHC · P
Change to
Matt Waldron
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Colin Rea wins 2 (K, W); Matt Waldron wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Colin Rea
93.7
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
9.3%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
17.7%
Matt Waldron
19.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Colin Rea
30.6%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
41.0%
Matt Waldron
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
10.5%
Matt Waldron
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Colin Rea
.353
Matt Waldron
.302
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
2.338.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.70
4.93
Matt Waldron
2.338.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
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
4059.80
now 49
31
Matt Waldron
4059.80
now 22
29
Winshigher is better
Colin Rea
.0006.60
now 5
24
Matt Waldron
.0006.60
now 1
12

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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