Colin Rea #53

Colin signed a one-year contract with the Cubs on Nov. 6 2025 after rejoining the Cubs for the 2025 season... is in his second stint with the Cubs organization, also spending time with Chicago from 2019-20.…Spent most of the 2021 and 2022 seasons with Fukuoka in the Japan League...Went 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA (9 ER/14.0 IP) in nine games (two starts) with the Cubs in 2020...Missed the 2017 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery on Nov. 11, 2016…appeared in 18 Minor League games in 2018 (made season debut May 22)…Was named a mid-season All-Star in 2015 (Texas League) and 2019 (Pacific Coast League)…was the PCL Pitcher of the Year in 2019...Was traded to Miami, July 29, 2016, and appeared in one game before being traded back to San Diego three days later, Aug. 1...Participated in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in 2015...Was selected by San Diego in the 12th round of the 2011 draft...Attended Northern Iowa, St. Petersburg College (Fla.) and Indiana State...Graduated from Cascade (Iowa) High School…was First Team All-State as a senior.

2025

Colin appeared in 32 games (27 starts) for the Cubs in 2025, recording a 11-7 record with a 3.95 ERA (70 ER/159.1 IP) and 127 strikeouts...His 3.95 ERA marked a career-low while his 159.1 IP and 127 strikeouts were the second-highest and second-lowest, respectively, of his career...Owned a 4.33 ERA (69 ER/143.1 IP) as a starter, compared to a 0.56 ERA (1 ER/16.0 IP) as a reliever this season...Began the season in the bullpen, tossing 5.1 scoreless innings in three relief outings from March 30-April 7...March 31 at Athletics earned his second career save, spinning 3.0 scoreless innings in relief...Made his first start of the season April 13 at Dodgers, allowing one run in 3.2 IP with five strikeouts...Appeared in his 100th career game April 25 in a start against the Phillies...he picked up the win, his first of the season, throwing 5.0 scoreless innings and striking out a season-high seven batters...Allowed his first home run of the season in the first inning May 1 in Pittsburgh...had not allowed a long ball in 18.2-straight innings to start the season...Tossed 6.2 innings May 12 vs. Miami, earning his third win of the season...On June 5 in Washington, became the first Cubs pitcher since Jamie Moyer on Aug. 22, 1986 vs. Cincinnati with an outing of at least 5.1 scoreless innings and no strikeouts... completed his 500th career inning in the outing...From June 28-July 18, earned a win in a career-high four straight starts, allowing two runs or fewer in all four of the outings, posting a 1.90 ERA (5 ER/23.2 IP) during the stretch...Tossed a season-high 7.0 innings July 10 in Minnesota, his longest outing since also completing 7.0 innings Aug. 18, 2024 vs. Cleveland...Recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts in his last outing Sept. 18 at Cincinnati, tying a season-high 7.0 innings pitched...Allowed one run in 5.1 IP in relief Sept. 7 vs. Washington, his second relief outing this season of at least 5.1 IP (also June 5 at Washington).

2024

Colin in 2024 set career-highs in wins (12), games (32), starts (27), quality starts (8), innings (167.2) and strikeouts (135) in his third season with the Milwaukee Brewers...Went 12-6 with a 4.29 ERA (80 ER/167.2 IP), including 10-6 with a 4.61 ERA (76 ER/148.1 IP) as a starter…was 2-0 with a 1.86 ERA (4 ER/19.1 IP) in five relief appearances...Milwaukee went 17-10 during his starts...Held hitters to a .258 average (169-for-656) and ranked in the 81st percentile in the Majors in walk percentage (6.0%)…Went 3-0 with a 2.67 ERA (10 ER/33.2 IP) in his first six starts of the season through May 1, holding the opponents to three runs or fewer in five of those outings...Picked up five wins in an eight-start span from May 25-July 3, including four in five starts from June 10-July 3...Tossed a season-high tying 7.0 scoreless innings three times, July 3 at Colorado, Aug. 6 at Atlanta and Aug. 18 vs. Cleveland...Tied his career-high with nine strikeouts Aug. 6 at Atlanta...Recorded his first career save, Sept. 16 vs. Philadelphia, tossing 2.2 scoreless innings.

2023

Signed as a free agent with Milwaukee on 1/27...was a non-roster invitee...Went 6-6 with a 4.55 ERA in 26 games (22 starts) with Milwaukee during five stints (4/13-5/14, 5/20-8/4, 9/2-9/13, 9/18-9/19 and 9/26-end of season)...Set career highs in wins (six), games (26), starts (22), innings pitched (124.2) and strikeouts (110)...Held opponents to a .235 batting average, marking a career best...The team went 14-8 in his starts...produced four quality starts...Had a career-high nine strikeouts over 5.0 innings in a 3-0 loss on 4/30 vs. Los Angeles-AL...Went 0-0 with a 2.50 ERA in four starts at Triple-A Nashville (18ip, 16h, 7r, 5er, 1bb, 21k, 1hr)...Was on the NL Wild Card Series roster (DNP)...Re-signed with Milwaukee as a free agent, signing a one-year contract with a club option for 2025 on 11/2.

2021

Pitched in Japan for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2021 and 2022.

2019

Colin had one of the best seasons by a pitcher in Triple-A Iowa franchise history, going 14-4 with a 3.95 ERA (65 ER/148.0 IP) in 26 starts and earning Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year honors...Became just the second I-Cub to win PCL Pitcher of the Year...he tied the franchise record with 14 wins, the most by any pitcher in the PCL since 2016...Led the league in wins, while ranking second in ERA, fourth in strikeouts and opponents average (.255), fifth in innings pitched and sixth in WHIP (1.36)...Recorded three scoreless outings of at least 7.0 innings...pitched a season-high 8.0 innings, July 15 vs. Oklahoma City, allowing two runs.

2018

Colin made his season debut May 22 with Double-A San Antonio ... appeared in 18 games between San Antonio and Triple-A El Paso, going a combined 3-5 with a 5.73 ERA (48 ER/75.1 IP) ... Posted a 1.80 ERA (4 ER/20.0 IP) in his final five outings beginning July 30 ... struck out a season-high 10 batters in 5.0-scoreless innings, July 30 at Oklahoma City.

2017

Missed the entire season recovering from Tommy John surgery on his right arm on 11/11/16.

2016

Set career highs in every category, including wins (five), games started (19), innings pitched (102.2) while pitching to a 4.82 ERA (55 ER, 102.2 IP)...Allowed three earned runs or less in seven of his eight starts from 4/13-5/22, posting a 3-2 record with a 3.72 ERA (19 ER, 46.0 IP) while limiting the opposition to a .231 (40-for-173) average...The Padres were 11-8 in his 19 starts this season...Traded to the Miami Marlins in a seven player trade on July 29 and reacquired on August 1 from the Marlins in exchange for RHP Luis Castillo...Missed the final 58 games of the season on the 15-day DL with right elbow soreness ...underwent Tommy John surgery on 11/11...Entered 2016 as the No. 4 prospect in the Padres organization by ESPN.com and MLB.com and No .7 by Baseball America.

2015

Made his Major League debut for San Diego with six starts after going a combined 5-4 with a 1.95 ERA (22 ER, 101.2 IP) and 80 strikeouts against 23 walks with a .210 opponent in average over 18 starts between Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A El Paso…His 1.95 ERA in the minors ranked as fifth-best of any minor leaguer with at least 100.0 innings pitched in 2015…Began the season with Double-A San Antonio and went 3-2 with a 1.08 ERA (9 ER, 75.0 IP) and 60 strikeouts against 11 walks with a .185 opponents average over 12 starts…named a Texas League Mid-Season All-Star for the Missions…his ERA at the time of his promotion to Triple-A on 7/3 was leading the Texas League…Promoted to El Paso on 7/3, making six starts for the Chihuahuas and going 2-2 with a 4.39 ERA (13 ER, 26.2 IP) before being selected by San Diego for his first career Major League call-up on 8/11…Selected to represent the Padres for the U.S. Team at the 2015 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Great American Ball Park on 7/12, recording the final two outs of the game with one strikeout…Made his Major League debut for the Padres on 8/11, recording the win after working 5.0 innings and allowing three runs against the Reds…recorded his first career Major League hit in his first plate appearance with a single off of Michael Lorenzen…Made his final start of the season on 9/8 vs. COL, throwing 7.0 shutout innings, allowing just two hits.