Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 224	‐
VBR	# 437	# 817

Projections

Strikeouts	23	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	4.59
WHIP	1.21	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 219	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 323	# 385

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	16.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	4

Hits Allowed	25	19

Earned Runs	14	11

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	37	12

Walks	13	8

ERA	4.34	6.06

WHIP	1.31	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	16.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	18	16

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	23	15

Walks	8	8

ERA	3.81	4.59

WHIP	1.21	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
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 Rangers selected the contract of LHP Robby Ahlstrom from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Rangers reassigned LHP Robby Ahlstrom to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 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			Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

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