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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date7-1-1990
Height6' 5"
Weight235 lbs
Age33 years, 9 months, 23 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.12015
0.12016
2017
2018
0.12019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2015 SDN MLB 6 6 31.7 2 2 0 29 11 26 2 92 8.2 3.1 0.6 7.4 0% .290 1.26 3.47 4.26 112 5.37 125.4 -0.1
2016 MIA 0 1 1 3.3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 84 2.7 0.0 0.0 10.8 43% .143 0.30 0.78 0.00 104 4.17 92.2 0.0
2016 SDN 0 19 18 99.3 5 5 0 101 44 76 12 93 9.2 4.0 1.1 6.9 48% .295 1.46 4.79 4.98 111 5.32 117.7 0.0
2016 TOT MLB 20 19 102.7 5 5 0 102 44 80 12 92 8.9 3.9 1.1 7.0 48% .291 1.42 4.66 4.82 110 5.28 116.9 0.1
CareerMLB2625134.37701315510614928.83.70.97.148%.2911.384.384.691115.30118.90.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2011 EUG A- NOR 15 15 53.0 3 4 0 47 21 43 2 92 8.0 3.6 0.3 7.3 0% .288 1.28 3.99 2.21 104 5.05 103.1
2012 FTW A MID 31 19 103.0 5 10 0 106 47 80 9 103 9.3 4.1 0.8 7.0 0% .307 1.49 4.53 4.11 108 5.12 106.6
2013 FTW A MID 16 3 43.0 2 1 0 34 22 38 1 107 7.1 4.6 0.2 8.0 0% .275 1.30 3.47 2.09 103 4.32 93.9
2013 LEL A+ CAL 15 9 43.0 0 5 0 43 39 45 3 96 9.0 8.2 0.6 9.4 0% .345 1.91 5.57 6.07 117 6.22 135.2
2014 LEL A+ CAL 28 28 139.0 11 9 0 151 37 118 11 92 9.8 2.4 0.7 7.6 0% .330 1.35 4.01 3.88 94 4.63 98.1
2015 SDN MLB NL 6 6 31.7 2 2 0 29 11 26 2 92 8.2 3.1 0.6 7.4 0% .290 1.26 3.47 4.26 112 5.37 125.4
2015 SAN AA TEX 12 12 75.0 3 2 0 50 11 60 1 105 6.0 1.3 0.1 7.2 0% .233 0.81 2.35 1.08 76 1.80 39.6
2015 ELP AAA PCL 6 6 26.7 2 2 0 29 12 20 2 113 9.8 4.1 0.7 6.8 0% .321 1.54 4.64 4.39 103 4.26 93.5
2016 MIA MLB NL 1 1 3.3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 84 2.7 0.0 0.0 10.8 43% .143 0.30 0.78 0.00 104 4.17 92.2
2016 SDN MLB NL 19 18 99.3 5 5 0 101 44 76 12 93 9.2 4.0 1.1 6.9 48% .295 1.46 4.79 4.98 111 5.32 117.7
2016 ELP AAA PCL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 98 9.0 9.0 0.0 18.0 0% .500 2.00 2.72 9.00 85 2.72 60.0
2018 SAN AA TEX 6 6 24.0 0 3 0 32 13 21 3 98 12.0 4.9 1.1 7.9 39% .367 1.88 5.07 7.13 114 7.37 155.7
2018 ELP AAA PCL 12 9 51.3 3 2 0 58 23 49 11 109 10.2 4.0 1.9 8.6 44% .333 1.58 5.96 5.08 115 5.28 111.7
2019 IOW AAA PCL 26 26 148.0 14 4 0 142 60 120 17 95 8.6 3.6 1.0 7.3 45% .293 1.36 4.92 3.95 97 4.06 83.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 518 0.5077 0.4015 0.8558 0.5856 0.2118 0.9416 0.6111 0.1442
2016 1736 0.4925 0.4182 0.8251 0.6035 0.2384 0.8953 0.6524 0.1749
Career22540.49600.41440.83220.59940.23230.90590.64290.1678

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2025 MIL $1,000,000
2024 MIL $3,500,000
2023 MIL $
2022 NPB $
2021 MIL $
2020 CHN $
2019 CHN $
2018 SDN $555,600
2017 SDN $545,800
2016 SDN $510,200
2015 SDN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,611,600
2019Current$3,500,000
4 yrPvs + Cur$5,111,600
1 yrFuture$1,000,000
5 yrTotal$6,111,600

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 57 dSterling Sports1 year/$4.5M (2024), 2025 option

Details
  • 1 year/$4.5M (2024), plus 2025 club option. Re-signed by Milwaukee 11/2/23 (avoided arbitration). 24:$3.5M, 25:$5.5M club option ($1M buyout). Performance bonuses.
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 1/27/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Japan 12/19/21.
  • 1 year/$702,500 (2021). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 12/2/20 (avoided arbitration). Released by Chicago Cubs 1/5/21. Signed by Fukuoka of Japan 1/5/21. Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 8/14/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Milwaukee 9/29/21.
  • 2020. Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 11/4/19.
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 1/23/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$555,600 (2018). Re-signed by San Diego 3/18. DFA by San Diego 11/20/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by San Diego 3/17.
  • 1 year/$510,200 (2016). Re-signed by San Diego 3/16. Acquired by Miami in trade from San Diego 7/29/16 with $181,219 remaining on contract. Acquired by San Diego in trade from Miami 8/1/16 (reverses portion of 7/29/16 deal after injury to Rea).
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by San Diego 8/11/15.
  • Drafted by San Diego 2011 (12-383) (Indiana State).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 6.2 0 13 13 68.8 57 26 56 8 .252 1.20 3.63 3.92 -5.3 -0.6
80o 0 6.1 0 12 12 62.7 56 25 51 8 .266 1.29 4.01 4.33 -7.5 -0.8
70o 0 5.9 0 11 11 58.5 55 25 48 7 .276 1.35 4.29 4.63 -8.9 -1.0
60o 0 5.8 0 11 11 55.0 54 24 45 7 .284 1.41 4.53 4.89 -9.9 -1.1
50o 0 5.6 0 10 10 51.7 52 24 42 7 .292 1.47 4.76 5.14 -10.7 -1.2
40o 0 5.5 0 9 9 48.6 51 23 40 7 .300 1.53 5.00 5.39 -11.3 -1.2
30o 0 5.3 0 9 9 45.2 50 22 37 7 .309 1.59 5.25 5.67 -11.9 -1.3
20o 0 5.1 0 8 8 41.5 48 21 34 6 .319 1.67 5.55 6 -12.3 -1.3
10o 0 4.7 0 7 7 36.4 45 20 30 6 .333 1.78 5.98 6.46 -12.6 -1.4
Weighted Mean05.50101051.15123427.2901.464.735.11-10.4-1.1

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2016-01-27 19:00:00 (link to chat)Do you think Colin Rea is a good long term pickup in a dynasty league ?
(Ernie from San Diego)		Meh. He's not very exciting. In a deeper league, sure, he could be helpful. But anything shallower than 15 teams and you can probably find something more appealing. (Matt Collins)
2016-01-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)How about ranking MLB-debuting starting pitchers Jorge Lopez, Tyler Duffey, Cody Anderson, Zach Davies, John Lamb, Colin Rea, Mike Montgomery and Jerad Eickhoff for long-term value in a dynasty sim league, if you please? Are there big tiers or divisions there? Thanks for all your time spent on scouting and chats.
(delatopia from the 415)		Lopez is a clear No. 1 to me. After that I'd go Rea, Davies, Lamb, Eickhoff, Duffey, Anderson, Montgomery. (Christopher Crawford)
2015-07-23 17:00:00 (link to chat)Please rank the following pitching prospects...Francis Martes, Joe Musgrove, Anderson Espinoza, Franklyn Kilome, Colin Rea, Chih-Wei Hu, Wei-Chieh Huang
(Festivus313 from Phoenix)		Kilome is ahead of the rest of those guys and then Musgrove but after that this is where my lack of deeper minor league knowledge hurts me. I'd guess Marte, Rea, Huang, and Hu but to be honest I don't have a good feel for where these guys should truly sit. (Mike Gianella)
2015-07-16 20:00:00 (link to chat)Can you give us your opinion on Colin Rea? What's his future look like?
(ColeWhittier from Pasadena)		TINSTAAPP is at the core of my philosophy when it comes to MILB pitchers. If he gets a shot in San Diego, he's worth owning, but the odds of that happening are slim. I have no idea whats going to happen, but Preller is a virtual lock to make some moves in the next two weeks. On Rea specifically, it depends on the size of your league, in shallower formats pitching is so deep it's not even funny. (George Bissell)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Colin Rea has thrown 5,221 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (92mph) and Cutter (88mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Slider (82mph) and Curve (79mph). He also rarely throws a Splitter (86mph).