Who Should I Trade?

Adrian Morejon for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Adrian Morejon RP - SD	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 142	# 218
VBR	# 275	# 391

Projections

Strikeouts	20	19
Wins	2	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	3.15	3.80
WHIP	1.18	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 106	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 198	# 208

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 67	# 170

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 241	# 323

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Adrian Morejon RP - SD	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	39

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	34.0

Wins	8	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	2	3

Blown Saves	5	4

Holds	17	7

Hits Allowed	49	29

Earned Runs	20	15

Home Runs Allowed	3	9

Strikeouts	70	43

Walks	15	13

ERA	3.00	3.97

WHIP	1.07	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Adrian Morejon RP - SD	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.6	17.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	16	15

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	20	19

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.15	3.80

WHIP	1.18	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Adrian Morejon RP - SD	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
News
	Adrian Morejon earned the save on Sunday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Adrian Morejon tossed a clean inning with two strikeouts for a save on Tuesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Adrian Morejon and the San Diego Padres agreed on a $3.9 million deal for the 2026 season to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Adrian Morejon RP - SD			Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Adrian Morejon for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

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