Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	# 224
VBR	# 307	# 409

Projections

Strikeouts	49	23
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.45	3.84
WHIP	1.33	1.20

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	# 208

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 219

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 323

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	36

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	85.2	31.0

Wins	2	3

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	89	26

Earned Runs	46	14

Home Runs Allowed	12	8

Strikeouts	84	40

Walks	28	13

ERA	4.83	4.06

WHIP	1.37	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	25

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	49.5	21.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	47	18

Earned Runs	25	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	49	23

Walks	16	8

ERA	4.45	3.84

WHIP	1.33	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
News
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 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
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Sean Manaea (2026)

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