Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Jesse Scholtens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 224	‐
VBR	# 475	# 966

Projections

Strikeouts	24	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	4.86
WHIP	1.24	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 219	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 323	# 129

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	9

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	28.2	37.2

Wins	2	5

Losses	2	3

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	25	36

Earned Runs	14	16

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	37	30

Walks	13	11

ERA	4.40	3.82

WHIP	1.33	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	8

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.3	9.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	19	9

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	24	8

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.92	4.86

WHIP	1.24	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
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	Jesse Scholtens (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	Jesse Scholtens threw a 20-pitch bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez 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	Jesse Scholtens is scheduled to resume throwing next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	The Rays placed Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	Jesse Scholtens allowed two runs on two hits and four walks while striking out four batters across 4.2 innings in Friday's 2-0 loss against the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC			Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#287
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Jesse Scholtens (2026)

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