Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Carlos Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 218	‐
VBR	# 391	# 706

Projections

Strikeouts	19	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.80	4.25
WHIP	1.21	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 170	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 323	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	3.97	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.6	12.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	15	12

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	10

Walks	6	5

ERA	3.80	4.25

WHIP	1.21	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
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	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
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			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Carlos Vargas (2026)

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