Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Kenley Jansen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 79	# 224
VBR	# 336	# 474

Projections

Strikeouts	23	24
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.16	3.92
WHIP	1.27	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 64	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 64	# 208

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 127	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	# 323

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.2	28.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	11	2

Blown Saves	4	3

Holds	1	7

Hits Allowed	16	25

Earned Runs	12	14

Home Runs Allowed	5	8

Strikeouts	25	37

Walks	13	13

ERA	4.56	4.40

WHIP	1.23	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.7	22.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	19	19

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	23	24

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.16	3.92

WHIP	1.27	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
News
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen nailed down a save in a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen picked up a save in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	The Tigers have activated right-hander Kenley Jansen from the 15-day IL ahead of Friday's series opener against the Guardians. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET			Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Kenley Jansen (2026)

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