Caleb Thielbar or Jeff Hoffman
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| Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR  | Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 25 | 13 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 23.0 | 10.2 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 3 | 2 |
| Saves | 5 | 2 |
| Blown Saves | 3 | 1 |
| Holds | 6 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 29 | 9 |
| Earned Runs | 13 | 4 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 40 | 12 |
| Walks | 8 | 6 |
| ERA | 5.09 | 3.38 |
| WHIP | 1.61 | 1.41 |
| Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR | Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 64 | 64 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 61.8 | 59.3 |
| Wins | 4 | 4 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 26 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 1 |
| Holds | 3 | 17 |
| Hits Allowed | 49 | 51 |
| Earned Runs | 26 | 26 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 75 | 62 |
| Walks | 22 | 20 |
| ERA | 3.72 | 3.88 |
| WHIP | 1.16 | 1.20 |
| Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR | Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th | 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 | |
| Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th | Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th | |
| Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd | Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th | |
| Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th | The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th | |
| Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman recorded a save as part of Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 9th | 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 | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR | Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-5) | #115 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-3) | #215 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs ATH | Luis Morales (0-2) | #309 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #175 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) | #427 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #423 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-3) | #39 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #296 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #152 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #54 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #88 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #80 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #140 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #19 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (4-2) | #1 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #159 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #242 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #105 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #16 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #67 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (5-2) | #3 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #21 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #41 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #135 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (6-2) | #71 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #137 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #58 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #84 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #180 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #48 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #41 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #414 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-3) | #39 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (5-2) | #3 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (7-3) | #29 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #45 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #88 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #140 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #27 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #186 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #91 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-2) | #217 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #295 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #242 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #58 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-2) | #124 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #84 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #16 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #95 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #79 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #361 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #19 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #136 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #222 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #48 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #96 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #414 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #74 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-3) | #39 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #9 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #19 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #123 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #46 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ DET | Brenan Hanifee | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #151 | |
| Sat, May 16th | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #55 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #80 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-6) | #68 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #417 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #69 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #139 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #62 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #21 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #40 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #57 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #169 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #86 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #189 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #120 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #105 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #61 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #197 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #82 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #113 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #225 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-5) | #115 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #123 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #82 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #75 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs BAL | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs BAL | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs PHI | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs PHI | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs NYY | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs NYY | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs NYY | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ BOS | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ BOS | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ CHC | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ CHC | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ CHC | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs TEX | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs NYM | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs NYM | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs NYM | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ SF | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ SF | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ BAL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ SD | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ SD | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ SD | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs CWS | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs CWS | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs CWS | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs TB | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs TB | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs TB | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ WSH | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ WSH | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ WSH | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs STL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs STL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs STL | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ PHI | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ PHI | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ PHI | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs NYY | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs NYY | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs NYY | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ NYY | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ NYY | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ NYY | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs KC | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs KC | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs SEA | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs SEA | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs SEA | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ CLE | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ CLE | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ CLE | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ KC | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ KC | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ KC | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ ATH | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ ATH | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ ATH | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs BAL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs BAL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs BAL | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ TEX | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ TEX | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ TEX | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ BAL | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ BAL | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CIN | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CIN | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CIN | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #54 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #139 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #73 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (0-2) | #34 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs PHI | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ BOS | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ SF | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs TB | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BOS | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ TB | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs KC | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ BAL | |||||
