Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Trent Thornton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 107	# 317
VBR	# 386	# 601

Projections

Strikeouts	20	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	7	2
ERA	4.15	4.53
WHIP	1.38	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 147	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 247

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	39.1	30.0

Wins	2	3

Losses	6	3

Saves	8	3

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	37	21

Earned Runs	21	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	48	13

Walks	18	10

ERA	4.81	2.70

WHIP	1.40	1.03

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	22.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	7	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	20	22

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	20	16

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.15	4.53

WHIP	1.38	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
News
	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Trent Thornton underwent X-rays on his left heel following Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. The results came back negative for any structural damage. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	The Cubs placed Trent Thornton on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Trent Thornton has agreed to a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. The righthander will receive an invite to Spring Training as part of the deal. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Cubs signed RHP Trent Thornton to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
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 Kilian SP,RP - SF			Trent Thornton RP - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Trent Thornton (2026)

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