Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 221	# 224
VBR	# 603	# 474

Projections

Strikeouts	17	24
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.90	3.92
WHIP	1.37	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	# 208

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 323

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	28.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	3	2

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	3	7

Hits Allowed	33	25

Earned Runs	22	14

Home Runs Allowed	4	8

Strikeouts	19	37

Walks	15	13

ERA	7.52	4.40

WHIP	1.82	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.5	22.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	16	19

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	17	24

Walks	7	8

ERA	3.90	3.92

WHIP	1.37	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
News
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	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 Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
	Ryan Walker worked a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Dodgers, allowing no hits and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 23rd	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Ryan Walker struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 22nd	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
	Ryan Walker RP - SF			Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Ryan Walker (2026)

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