Caleb Thielbar or Daniel Palencia

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News & Notes
Schedule

Caleb Thielbar or Daniel Palencia Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	51

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.0	43.1

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	3	3

Blown Saves	1	4

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	24	41

Earned Runs	12	24

Home Runs Allowed	4	10

Strikeouts	24	53

Walks	7	16

ERA	5.14	4.98

WHIP	1.48	1.32

Caleb Thielbar or Daniel Palencia Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	62	64

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	62.9	59.3

Wins	3	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	29	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	3	17

Hits Allowed	51	51

Earned Runs	26	26

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	71	62

Walks	26	20

ERA	3.71	3.88

WHIP	1.23	1.20

Caleb Thielbar or Daniel Palencia Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
News
	The Cubs activated RHP Daniel Palencia from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Caleb Thielbar is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Wednesday ahead of a minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	Daniel Palencia is expected to be activated for Friday's series opener against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Cubs will activate Daniel Palencia in the next few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
	The Cubs transferred Daniel Palencia to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Daniel Palencia allowed four runs and recorded only two outs in a rehab appearance for Double-A Knoxville on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters Thursday that Caleb Thielbar exited in the ninth inning due to left hamstring tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
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Caleb Thielbar or Daniel Palencia Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#265	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#265
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#217	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#217
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#314	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#314
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#141	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#45	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS