Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Zack Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 398	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.87	‐
WHIP	1.20	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 323	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	3.97	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.87	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC	Zack Thompson RP - STL
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 Cardinals reassigned LHP Zack Thompson to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	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			Zack Thompson RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Thielbar for Zack Thompson (2026)

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