MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Colin Rea
Colin Rea
CHC · P
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Portrait of Zebby Matthews
Zebby Matthews
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Zebby Matthews.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Zebby Matthews wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Colin Rea wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Colin Rea
93.7
Zebby Matthews
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
9.3%
Zebby Matthews
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
17.7%
Zebby Matthews
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Colin Rea
30.6%
Zebby Matthews
27.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
41.0%
Zebby Matthews
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
10.5%
Zebby Matthews
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Colin Rea
.353
Zebby Matthews
.335
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
4.315.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.70
4.93
Zebby Matthews
4.315.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
4.53
WHIPlower is better
Colin Rea
.9001.51
now 1.37
1.37
Zebby Matthews
.9001.51
now 1.03
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Colin Rea
4059
now 49
31
Zebby Matthews
4059
now 24
38
Winshigher is better
Colin Rea
.0006.60
now 5
24
Zebby Matthews
.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
SellZebby Matthews — sell.conf 0.75
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