Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Josh Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 426	# 716

Projections

Strikeouts	22	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.97	4.39
WHIP	1.23	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 323	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Josh Walker RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.0	9.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	26	9

Earned Runs	14	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	40	8

Walks	13	2

ERA	4.06	3.86

WHIP	1.26	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Josh Walker RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	12.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	12

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	22	12

Walks	7	5

ERA	3.97	4.39

WHIP	1.23	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Josh Walker 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 Josh Walker from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Orioles returned Josh Walker to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th	The Orioles placed Josh Walker on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	Josh Walker was sent back to Triple-A Norfolk ahead of Wednesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	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 Orioles recalled LHP Josh Walker from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC			Josh Walker RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#236
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
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
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ 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
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Josh Walker (2026)

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