Colin Rea

Bats R Throws R6'5" 235 lbBorn 1990 Cascade, USADebut 2015Team CHCDraft 2011 R12 #383 San Diego Padres, Indiana StateContract 1 y/$6.5M (26)+27 cl opt 2026: $5,500,000

Projections

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	53	48	10	2	0	1	4	15	1	0.216	0.284	0.347	0.631	0.131	0.280	28.2	7.7	77.6	0.02

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	506	17.6	6.3	3.43	21.1	6.61	97.9
2027							98.3
2028							98.9

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 92 PITCH+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Eric Stults	2014	96.4	86.5	196
2	Cory Lidle	2006	98.0	did not play
3	Jason Vargas	2017	98.3	88.3	404
4	Colby Lewis	2014	97.9	100.6	861
5	Mike Fiers	2019	99.4	96.6	257
6	Bronson Arroyo	2011	99.9	103.7	835
7	Carl Pavano	2010	96.4	93.8	955
8	Jarrod Washburn	2009	100.0	did not play
9	Rodrigo Lopez	2010	93.2	81.8	430
10	Jason Hammel	2017	98.6	83.7	583

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CHC	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-110.4
2024	MIL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	MIL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	MIL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.6
2020	CHC	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	MIA	21	39	3	4	0	1	2	16	0.121	0.171	0.121	0.293	-26.0
2015	SD	7	12	2	2	1	0	1	4	0.222	0.300	0.333	0.633	76.8
Career		128	54	5	6	1	1	3	23	0.133	0.188	0.156	0.343	-8.1

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									506				98.3
2026*									535				95.2	100.0	95.2
2025	CHC	11	7	3.95	32	27	1	159.3	662	20	44	127	99.5	102.1	101.5
2024	MIL	12	6	4.29	32	27	1	167.7	714	29	43	135	94.0	101.2	95.2
2023	MIL	6	6	4.55	26	22	0	124.7	517	23	38	110	102.7	100.6	103.3
2021	MIL	0	0	7.50	1	0	0	6.0	24	2	0	5	82.7	99.0	81.7
2020	CHC	1	1	5.79	9	2	0	14.0	62	3	2	10	105.3	98.0	103.3
2016	MIA	5	5	4.82	20	19	0	102.7	454	12	44	80	95.9	102.1	98.0
2015	SD	2	2	4.26	6	6	0	31.7	133	2	11	26	103.1	101.4	104.5
Career		37	27	4.41	126	103	2	606.0	2566	91	182	493	98.1		99.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2025	1					0.0	100.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2021	2					100.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2016	39	82.5	13.6	0.0	9.5	41.9	37.9	0.138	0.156	0.162	25.7
2015	12	91.2	11.7	0.0	28.6	20.0	13.3	0.239	0.302	0.281

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	P	32	159	21	21	1	1	0.977	+1.7
2024	MIL	P	32	168	20	15	5	0	0.875	+1.1
2023	MIL	P	26	125	11	7	0	1	1.000	+0.4
2021	MIL	P	1	6	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2020	CHC	P	9	14	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2016	MIA	P	20	103	5	16	0	2	1.000	+1.2
2015	SD	P	6	32	1	5	1	1	0.857	+0.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	39	1 HR, 0 SB	0.139	0.417
2023	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	70	18.0 IP, 30% K	2.50
2021	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	142	35.2 IP, 25% K	2.30
2019	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	626	148.0 IP, 19% K	3.95
2018	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Pit	224	51.1 IP, 22% K	5.11
2018	AA	San Antonio Missions	Pit	117	24.0 IP, 18% K	7.12
2015	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Pit	120	26.2 IP, 17% K	4.47
2015	AA	San Antonio Missions	Pit	283	75.0 IP, 21% K	1.08
2014	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Pit	597	139.0 IP, 20% K	3.88
2013	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Pit	207	43.0 IP, 22% K	6.07
2013	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Pit	182	43.0 IP, 21% K	2.09
2012	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Pit	460	103.0 IP, 17% K	4.11

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025		0.000		0.000
2021	0.000	0.000		0.000
2016	0.229	0.126	0.162	0.123
2015	0.625	0.200	0.200	0.625

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	1	1.25	3	0	0	7.2	9	1	3	3	1.67
Career	0	1	1.25	3	0	0	7.2	9	1	3	3	1.67

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	SD	$510,200

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.