Caleb Thielbar or Lucas Erceg

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Caleb Thielbar or Lucas Erceg Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	48

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	40.2

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	2

Saves	12	3

Blown Saves	6	4

Holds	4	7

Hits Allowed	53	40

Earned Runs	30	23

Home Runs Allowed	5	10

Strikeouts	31	48

Walks	29	14

ERA	6.23	5.09

WHIP	1.89	1.33

Caleb Thielbar or Lucas Erceg Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	61	64

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	62.3	59.3

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	3

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	16	17

Hits Allowed	56	51

Earned Runs	27	26

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	60	62

Walks	23	20

ERA	3.88	3.88

WHIP	1.27	1.20

Caleb Thielbar or Lucas Erceg Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
News
	The Royals optioned Lucas Erceg to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	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
	Lucas Erceg allowed three runs, one earned, on two hits over one inning in Friday's 7-6 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Lucas Erceg allowed two hits without a walk or strikeout while tossing a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Wednesday that he will play the matchups in the ninth inning for the short term. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Lucas Erceg took his second consecutive loss on Saturday, allowing five straight hits, including a home run, and three runs, without recording an out. Chase Davis Sun, May 31st	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
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Caleb Thielbar or Lucas Erceg Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC			Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU