Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Lake Bachar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 224	# 254
VBR	# 472	# 585

Projections

Strikeouts	24	24
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.89	4.23
WHIP	1.23	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 333

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 323	# 188

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Lake Bachar SP,RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	33

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	27.2	51.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	24	36

Earned Runs	13	20

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	35	57

Walks	13	20

ERA	4.23	3.53

WHIP	1.34	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Lake Bachar SP,RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	22.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	19	21

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	24	24

Walks	8	10

ERA	3.89	4.23

WHIP	1.23	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Lake Bachar SP,RP - MIA
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	Lake Bachar gave up no runs in the ninth inning of Sunday's win over the San Francisco Giants to earn his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st
	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	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
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			Lake Bachar SP,RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Lake Bachar (2026)

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