MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Colin Rea
Colin Rea
CHC · P
Change to
Zac Thornton
NYM · P
Change to
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); Zac Thornton 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
Zac Thornton
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
9.8%
Zac Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
17.5%
Zac Thornton
19.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Colin Rea
30.7%
Zac Thornton
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
39.6%
Zac Thornton
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
10.4%
Zac Thornton
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Colin Rea
.358
Zac Thornton
.317
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
3.725.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.70
5.04
Zac Thornton
3.725.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Colin Rea
1.071.48
now 1.37
1.39
Zac Thornton
1.071.48
now 1.16
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Colin Rea
4064.60
now 49
39
Zac Thornton
4064.60
now 10
38
Winshigher is better
Colin Rea
.0007
now 5
35
Zac Thornton
.0007
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellColin Rea — sell.conf 0.90
Sell HighZac Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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