Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 248	# 227
VBR	# 415	# 468

Projections

Strikeouts	8	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	3.71
WHIP	1.27	1.19

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	# 194

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	# 323

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 208

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	51

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	36.0	43.1

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	6	7

Hits Allowed	27	41

Earned Runs	7	24

Home Runs Allowed	5	10

Strikeouts	30	53

Walks	6	16

ERA	1.75	4.98

WHIP	0.92	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.5	7.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	7	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	8

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.01	3.71

WHIP	1.27	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	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
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	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
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN			Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#227	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#217	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#265
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#217
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#151	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#211	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#306	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#398	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#174	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#247	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#247
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#314
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#219	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#192	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#122	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#259	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

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