Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 224	# 268
VBR	# 430	# 463

Projections

Strikeouts	23	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	3.88	4.03
WHIP	1.23	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 323	# 343

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 219	# 192

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	45

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.0	42.0

Wins	2	4

Losses	2	3

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	9

Hits Allowed	26	36

Earned Runs	14	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	39	42

Walks	13	12

ERA	4.20	3.21

WHIP	1.30	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.5	22.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	18	20

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	23	22

Walks	8	8

ERA	3.88	4.03

WHIP	1.23	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI
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	Arizona's bullpen heading into Opening Day consists entirely of right-handed pitchers, and Ginkel and Juan Morillo have been tasked with handling tough left-handed hitters. Ginkel's career splits are nearly identical against both sides (.312 OBP vs. righties, .311 vs. lefties), though in 2025 he was more effective against lefties, posting a 90 OPS+ against them compared to 137 OPS+ when facing right-handed hitters. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters that he’s not locked into a particular closer to open the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th
	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Kevin Ginkel to a one-year, $2.725 million deal to avoid arbitration. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 9th
	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
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC			Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

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Caleb Thielbar for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

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