Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Nunez for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 224	# 266
VBR	# 474	# 479

Projections

Strikeouts	24	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.92	3.90
WHIP	1.24	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 237

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 323	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	28.2	39.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	2	3

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	7	6

Hits Allowed	25	35

Earned Runs	14	22

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	37	41

Walks	13	16

ERA	4.40	5.03

WHIP	1.33	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.3	21.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	19	18

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	24	22

Walks	8	9

ERA	3.92	3.90

WHIP	1.24	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
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 Orioles recalled Anthony Nunez from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Orioles optioned Anthony Nunez to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th	Anthony Nunez picked up a save Friday against Detroit, his third of the season. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	Anthony Nunez struck out one batter while allowing one hit on 11 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Tue, May 12th
	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	Anthony Nunez struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC			Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ DET
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Nunez for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

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