Who Should I Trade?

Brian Fitzpatrick for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 224	‐
VBR	# 474	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	4.25
WHIP	1.24	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 323	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	28.2	6.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	25	7

Earned Runs	14	1

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	37	5

Walks	13	3

ERA	4.40	1.35

WHIP	1.33	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.3	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	19	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	24	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.92	4.25

WHIP	1.24	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
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	Brewers left-hander Brian Fitzpatrick has undergone Tommy John surgery, according to manager Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Brewers transferred LHP Brian Fitzpatrick to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th	Brian Fitzpatrick has a partial UCL sprain and will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Brian Fitzpatrick will head for a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	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	The Brewers placed LHP Brian Fitzpatrick on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
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			Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Fitzpatrick for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

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