Caleb Thielbar or Matt Festa

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Caleb Thielbar or Matt Festa Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	61

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	60.1

Wins	3	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	7	7

Hits Allowed	42	62

Earned Runs	25	25

Home Runs Allowed	11	6

Strikeouts	55	65

Walks	17	18

ERA	5.04	3.73

WHIP	1.32	1.33

Caleb Thielbar or Matt Festa Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	58

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	59.3	58.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	17	12

Hits Allowed	51	52

Earned Runs	26	27

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	62	58

Walks	20	22

ERA	3.88	4.24

WHIP	1.20	1.27

Caleb Thielbar or Matt Festa Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	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	Matt Festa worked around a walk and punched out one to secure the save in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Royals. He tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the appearance. Matthew Adam Thu, Apr 9th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	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 placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	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 Matt Festa Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#396	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#389	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#285	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#153
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#188
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87