Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Wantz for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 218	‐
VBR	# 391	# 804

Projections

Strikeouts	19	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.80	4.92
WHIP	1.21	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 170	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 323	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.0	3.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	29	5

Earned Runs	15	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	43	1

Walks	13	3

ERA	3.97	14.73

WHIP	1.24	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.6	7.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	2

Hits Allowed	15	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	7

Walks	6	4

ERA	3.80	4.92

WHIP	1.21	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
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	The Cubs sent RHP Andrew Wantz outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Cubs designated Andrew Wantz for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	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 selected the contract of Andrew Wantz. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	The Cubs signed RHP Andrew Wantz to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Andrew Wantz has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC			Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS

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Andrew Wantz for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

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