MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 29, 2026
Portrait of Colin Rea
Colin Rea
CHC · P
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Portrait of Matthew Liberatore
Matthew Liberatore
STL · P
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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 (WHIP); Matthew Liberatore wins 1 (ERA); 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
Matthew Liberatore
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
9.3%
Matthew Liberatore
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
17.2%
Matthew Liberatore
22.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Colin Rea
30.3%
Matthew Liberatore
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
41.7%
Matthew Liberatore
42.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
10.2%
Matthew Liberatore
9.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Colin Rea
.351
Matthew Liberatore
.341
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
4.125.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.70
4.93
Matthew Liberatore
4.125.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.70
WHIPlower is better
Colin Rea
1.291.57
now 1.37
1.36
Matthew Liberatore
1.291.57
now 1.50
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Colin Rea
4079.80
now 49
0
Matthew Liberatore
4079.80
now 57
0
Winshigher is better
Colin Rea
.0007
now 5
0–0
Matthew Liberatore
.0007
now 3
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellColin Rea — sell.conf 0.90
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.83
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