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  • CHC Starting Pitcher #48
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    Cubs signed RHP Colin Rea to a one-year, $5 million contract.
    The deal was officially announced over the weekend. Rea fortifies the back-end of Chicago’s starting rotation mix and could also operate in a swingman-type role, if needed. The 34-year-old veteran was a solid innings-eater last year for Milwaukee, posting a serviceable 4.29 ERA, 1.26 WHIP and 135/43 K/B ratio across 167 2/3 innings (32 appearances, 27 starts).
  • FA Starting Pitcher
    Cubs designated RHP Michael Arias for assignment.
    The Cubs needed a spot on the 40-man roster for Colin Rea, who they signed over the weekend, so Arias was let go. The 23-year-old has yet to make his MLB debut and spent most of 2024 in Triple-A, where he had a 2.09 WHIP in 36.1 innings. Including his 24 innings at Double-A in 2024, Arias posted a 4.77 ERA and 1.86 WHIP but 72 strikeouts in 60 1/3 innings. His raw stuff is solid, and he has a career 4.25 ERA in 97 minor-league appearances (32 starts), so a few teams, including the Cubs, will likely be looking to sign him to a minor-league deal once he clears waivers.
  • FA Starting Pitcher #48
    Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors reports that the Cubs are signing Colin Rea to a one-year contract.
    That contract will reportedly pay him $5 million, which is $500,000 less than the $5.5 million team option that the Brewers declined. instead Rea got a $1 million buyout, so that on top of his new deal has him out ahead. Jesse Rogers of ESPN notes that there’s also a club option for 2026. The 34-year-old forged a 135/43 K/BB over 167 2/3 innings with a 4.29 ERA and 12-6 record for Milwaukee last season. Rea should occupy one of the backend spots of the Chicago rotation, but at this salary he also could be a multi-inning reliever if Chicago wants to go that route.
  • FA Starting Pitcher #48
    Brewers declined their $5.5 million team option for 2025 on Colin Rea.
    Rea went unclaimed on waivers and is now a free agent with a $1 million buyout on his contract. The 34-year-old posted a 4.29 ERA and a 135/43 K/BB in 167 2/3 innings last season for the Brewers. He should have a few teams willing to give him another opportunity in 2025.
  • MIL Starting Pitcher #48
    Colin Rea has been placed on waivers by the Brewers, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Curt Hogg reports.
    A little bit of a surprise, because the Brewers have a $5.5 million option here on a guy who went 12-6 with a 4.29 ERA and a 135/43 K/BB in 167 2/3 innings last season. We imagine he’ll be claimed by a team, which will save the Brewers from having to pay him a $1 million buyout.
  • MIL Starting Pitcher #48
    Colin Rea allowed a whopping 10 hits and five runs over 5 2/3 in a loss to the Mets on Sunday.
    The Mets were all over Rea in his regular season finale. Eight of the nine hitters in their lineup had a hard-hit ball and seven of them had at least one hit. He had poor command of his sweeper and too many of his sinkers and cutters wound up in the heart of the plate. He’ll end his season with a 4.29 ERA and it’s unclear whether or not he will be a part of the Brewers’ playoff rotation.
  • MIL Starting Pitcher #48
    Colin Rea didn’t pick up a decision after throw four innings and allowing three runs against the Diamondbacks on Friday.
    Rea allowed runs in the first two innings, and while he settled down in the third and fourth, he gave up another in the fifth on a Joey Ortiz homer before leaving. The right-hander has not gone deep in his outings as of late, and this is his fifth straight outing where he hasn’t been able to go five innings. That’s not likely to change next week against the Pirates, and Rea can safely be dropped — if he hasn’t been already — in fantasy leagues.
  • MIL Starting Pitcher #48
    The Brewers do not have Colin Rea penciled in for a start this weekend after he pitched out of the pen on Monday.
    The team could have plugged Rea back into the rotation on Friday, but that day is listed as a TBA right now. One imagines Rea will see innings then; he’d be on three days’ rest after throwing just 29 pitches in 2 2/3 scoreless innings Monday. This recent handling of Rea suggests that the Brewers are looking at Freddy Peralta, Tobias Myers, Frankie Montas and Aaron Civale as their postseason starters.
  • MIL Starting Pitcher #48
    Colin Rea worked the final 2 1/3 innings to get a save Monday against the Phillies.
    The rules are the rules. Even though the Brewers won by four runs, Rea still gets the save because he entered in a save situation and finished the game. The stat might be flawed, folks. Rea has his first and all-but-assuredly last save of the year.
  • MIL Starting Pitcher #48
    Colin Rea allowed ten runs over four innings in a loss to the Giants on Wednesday.
    Rea struggled mightily in this one, giving up four runs in the first inning against the Giants, including a two-run homer by Jerar Encarnacion. Three straight hits to start the second would bring a fifth run across before Mike Yastrzemski took him deep for a three-run blast to give the Giants an eight-run lead. Rea allowed two more runs in the fourth on a double, base hit, and solo homer. The 34-year-old right-hander saw his ERA jump from 3.72 to 4.21 with a 1.22 WHIP and a 123/39 K/BB ratio across 154 innings. He’ll take on the Phillies in Milwaukee on Monday.