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Caleb Thielbar

#24 - Relief Pitcher

Chicago Cubs

Bats / Throws Right / Left
Date of Birth 1/31/1987 (39)
Height, Weight 6'0", 205 lb
Hometown Northfield, MN

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
3 40.2 5.09 1.30 27.9% 7.6%
62nd 3
Sv
188th 44.0
IP
269th 4.24
ERA
144th 1.35
WHIP
52nd 22.6%
K%
129th 9.7%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.3 14.0% 29.9% 53.4% 4.1% 5.11 3.03
259th 94.6
FB MPH
80th 12.2%
SwStr%
90th 28.5%
CSW%
78th 51.1%
Str-ICR
145th 4.7%
MTK%
44th 4.94
PLV
77th 3.49
PLA
Holds List
Rank
52nd
Saves+Holds List
Rank
77th

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Caleb Thielbar Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR% GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR% PLV
2013 MIN 49 0 46.0 3-2 0 - 1.76 0.83 - 3.40 - - 22.8% 8.2% 4.7 0.78 .175 - 83.3% - - - - - -
2014 MIN 54 0 47.2 2-1 0 - 3.40 1.41 - 3.56 - - 17.0% 7.8% 9.6 0.57 .320 - 76.8% - - - - - -
2015 MIN 6 0 5.0 0-0 0 - 5.40 1.00 - 1.13 - - 25.0% 0.0% 9.0 0.00 .357 - 40.0% - - - - - -
2020 MIN 17 0 20.0 2-1 0 1 2.25 1.15 3.37 2.34 4.47 3.09 26.8% 11.0% 6.3 0.00 .275 0.0% 73.9% 31.4% 31.4% 14.6% 30.7% 0.65 5.11
2021 MIN 59 0 64.0 7-0 0 12 3.23 1.17 3.95 3.47 4.11 2.75 28.9% 7.5% 7.7 1.13 .303 14.8% 80.8% 38.0% 34.9% 13.1% 30.1% 0.63 5.29
2022 MIN 67 0 59.1 4-3 1 18 3.49 1.16 2.95 2.42 2.94 2.48 32.7% 7.3% 7.7 0.76 .324 11.9% 69.4% 34.7% 28.8% 16.5% 31.6% 0.73 5.29
2023 MIN 36 0 30.2 3-1 0 14 3.23 0.95 4.75 4.48 3.07 2.63 30.0% 5.0% 6.7 2.05 .229 36.8% 88.5% 38.5% 38.5% 12.1% 27.9% 0.55 5.23
2024 MIN 59 0 47.1 2-4 3 10 5.32 1.56 4.24 4.10 3.96 2.83 24.5% 11.1% 9.5 1.14 .333 20.0% 62.5% 38.8% 39.6% 12.0% 30.1% 0.62 5.28
2025 CHC 67 0 58.0 3-4 1 25 2.64 0.88 2.49 3.00 3.35 2.37 25.5% 5.9% 5.9 0.78 .226 14.3% 77.3% 35.1% 40.0% 13.3% 30.5% 0.59 5.20
2026 CHC 48 0 40.2 3-2 3 7 5.09 1.30 4.88 5.05 4.02 3.03 27.9% 7.6% 8.6 2.21 .293 27.0% 75.0% 44.5% 34.5% 14.0% 29.9% 0.63 5.11
RP MLB Percentile 71 0 46 60-40 77 62 23 57 24 21 64 77 85 63 42 5 51 11 51 11 16 77 74 89 85
RP MLB AVG 35 2 44.0 2-2 3 6 4.24 1.35 4.24 4.23 4.28 3.49 22.6% 9.7% 8.3 1.12 .290 17.6% 72.6% 37.1% 43.6% 12.2% 28.5% 0.51 4.94
Career 462 0 418.2 29-18 8 87 3.44 1.16 3.70 3.47 3.64 1.60 26.3% 7.7% 7.5 1.03 .281 17.7% 74.4% 37.5% 35.6% 13.7% 30.3% 0.64 5.23

Caleb Thielbar Repertoire

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Caleb Thielbar Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2013 MIN 49 0 46.0 3-2 0 0 - 659 409 250 171 24 10 8 2 4 39 14 0 1
2014 MIN 54 0 47.2 2-1 0 0 - 813 509 304 206 51 38 6 4 3 35 16 1 0
2015 MIN 6 0 5.0 0-0 0 0 - 81 53 28 20 5 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1
2020 MIN 17 0 20.0 2-1 0 0 1 371 243 128 82 14 12 2 0 0 22 9 0 2
2021 MIN 59 0 64.0 7-0 0 0 12 1,106 736 370 266 55 31 16 0 8 77 20 3 3
2022 MIN 67 0 59.1 4-3 0 1 18 996 694 302 245 51 38 7 1 5 80 18 0 1
2023 MIN 36 0 30.2 3-1 0 0 14 481 317 164 120 23 10 5 1 7 36 6 0 1
2024 MIN 59 0 47.1 2-4 0 3 10 887 590 297 216 50 35 9 0 6 53 24 0 2
2025 CHC 67 0 58.0 3-4 0 1 25 839 561 278 220 38 23 9 1 5 56 13 0 0
2026 CHC 48 0 40.2 3-2 0 3 7 702 473 230 172 39 24 5 0 10 48 13 1 1
RP MLB Percentile 71 0 46 60-40 0 77 62 48 53 57 44 46 52 59 45 8 61 62 59 43
RP MLB AVG 35 2 44.0 2-2 0 3 6 736 470 266 189 40 26 7 1 5 43 18 2 2
Career 462 0 418.2 29-18 0 8 87 6,935 4,585 2,351 1,718 350 225 68 9 48 451 133 5 12

Caleb Thielbar Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2013 MIN 22.8% 8.2% .154 .308 .530 .225 .175 .203 - - - - - - - -
2014 MIN 17.0% 7.8% .280 .407 .739 .322 .320 .333 - - - - - - - -
2015 MIN 25.0% 0.0% .263 .316 .579 .252 .357 .357 - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 26.8% 11.0% .192 .219 .499 .236 .275 .275 .209 .275 .291 .318 83.1 90.7 20.8 3.37
2021 MIN 28.9% 7.5% .232 .401 .698 .300 .303 .337 .217 .302 .258 .385 86.7 91.3 19.3 3.95
2022 MIN 32.7% 7.3% .226 .332 .614 .271 .324 .347 .206 .269 .289 .367 84.4 87.2 21.2 2.95
2023 MIN 30.0% 5.0% .204 .451 .695 .293 .229 .299 .240 .332 .275 .453 87.9 92.8 19.4 4.75
2024 MIN 24.5% 11.1% .266 .410 .754 .327 .333 .362 .237 .316 .288 .375 87.4 89.8 15.7 4.24
2025 CHC 25.5% 5.9% .186 .314 .546 .236 .226 .252 .198 .245 .242 .302 87.5 88.6 19.7 2.49
2026 CHC 27.9% 7.6% .248 .471 .781 .335 .293 .358 .244 .339 .287 .445 88.3 90.3 20.0 4.88
RP MLB Percentile 85 63 46 18 26 31 51 23 48 24 50 6 43 33 10 24
RP MLB AVG 22.6% 9.7% .241 .391 .714 .315 .290 .321 .236 .316 .281 .361 87.7 89.1 13.3 4.24
Career 26.3% 7.7% .225 .373 .658 .291 .281 .312 .220 .301 .273 .386 86.7 89.9 19.3 3.70

Caleb Thielbar Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2020 MIN54.5% (89.8)--18.9% (77.9)-26.7% (69.1)--- 54.4% 45.6%
2021 MIN49.3% (91.3)--34.3% (80.2)-16.4% (71.8)0.1% (84.3)-- 49.3% 50.7%
2022 MIN49.5% (92.8)--24.9% (81.3)-24.7% (73.0)0.9% (82.8)-- 49.5% 50.5%
2023 MIN52.2% (93.0)--5.8% (88.4)21.4% (80.3)20.6% (73.6)--- 52.2% 47.8%
2024 MIN43.4% (93.2)--0.8% (86.2)31.0% (81.5)24.8% (74.2)--- 43.4% 56.6%
2025 CHC42.1% (92.8)--13.8% (88.7)16.0% (81.1)28.1% (76.0)--- 42.1% 57.9%
2026 CHC39.6% (93.3)--20.9% (87.6)12.3% (80.3)27.2% (76.3)--- 39.6% 60.4%
RP MLB Percentile 52 (25) - - 40 (68) 27 (20) 84 (15) - - - 24.2% 75.6%
RP MLB AVG 38.2% (94.6) 26.5% (93.9) 20.2% (89.4) 25.5% (85.7) 21.3% (82.4) 16.3% (79.7) 17.2% (86.1) 17.9% (86.6) 32.8% (68.2) 48.4% 51.5%
Career46.6% (92.4)--18.5% (82.7)11.1% (81.0)23.6% (73.8)0.2% (82.9)-- 46.6% 53.4%

Caleb Thielbar Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2020 MIN33.7% (33)--18.6% (6)-33.3% (15)--- 33.7% 27.2%
2021 MIN26.6% (70)--32.5% (40)-35.9% (35)0.0% (0)-- 26.6% 33.5%
2022 MIN31.4% (88)--31.9% (37)-32.1% (38)22.2% (1)-- 31.4% 31.8%
2023 MIN27.1% (32)--21.4% (3)28.2% (11)31.3% (12)--- 27.1% 28.7%
2024 MIN24.7% (41)--28.6% (0)32.4% (37)36.8% (28)--- 24.7% 34.3%
2025 CHC27.2% (46)--32.8% (22)30.6% (12)34.3% (32)--- 27.2% 32.9%
2026 CHC27.7% (38)--32.7% (26)31.4% (12)30.4% (22)--- 27.7% 31.4%
RP MLB Percentile 55 (23) - - 67 (29) 66 (43) 61 (18) - - - 56.8% 75.3%
RP MLB AVG 26.9% (26) 27.4% (11) 26.7% (13) 29.7% (23) 28.2% (17) 27.0% (11) 21.6% (16) 22.8% (18) 22.0% (9) 27.9% 28.8%
Career28.1% (348)--31.1% (134)31.1% (72)33.6% (182)20.0% (1)-- 28.1% 32.2%

Caleb Thielbar Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR%
2020 MIN 31.4% 21.6% 29.4% 17.6% 39.2% 41.2% 27.5% 31.4% 21.0% 68.6% 21.6% 5.9% 3.9% 31.4%
2021 MIN 34.9% 21.1% 32.5% 11.4% 34.3% 44.0% 33.7% 22.3% 21.4% 62.0% 19.3% 7.8% 10.8% 38.0%
2022 MIN 28.8% 26.0% 28.8% 16.4% 37.7% 38.8% 28.6% 32.7% 23.3% 65.1% 24.0% 4.8% 6.2% 34.7%
2023 MIN 38.5% 20.5% 24.4% 16.7% 37.2% 52.6% 28.2% 19.2% 21.8% 61.5% 20.5% 6.4% 11.5% 38.5%
2024 MIN 39.6% 25.2% 21.6% 13.7% 34.5% 45.3% 32.4% 22.3% 20.7% 61.2% 24.5% 5.0% 9.4% 38.8%
2025 CHC 40.0% 18.7% 23.3% 18.0% 30.7% 43.7% 36.4% 19.9% 18.4% 64.6% 23.3% 6.0% 6.0% 35.1%
2026 CHC 34.5% 18.2% 33.6% 13.6% 35.5% 44.5% 36.4% 19.1% 21.8% 55.4% 25.5% 9.1% 10.0% 44.5%
RP MLB Percentile 16 88 95 84 61 80 71 7 91 11 46 14 11 11
RP MLB AVG 43.6% 21.7% 24.5% 10.2% 34.8% 41.0% 33.7% 25.3% 18.2% 62.6% 24.6% 5.9% 6.9% 37.1%
Career 35.6% 21.8% 27.6% 15.0% 35.0% 43.9% 32.5% 23.5% 21.2% 62.3% 22.7% 6.4% 8.5% 37.5%

Caleb Thielbar Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR% IPA%
2020 MIN .192 .236 .275 .275 .209 .275 .291 .318 83.1 90.7 20.8 0.0% 31.4% 19.5%
2021 MIN .232 .300 .303 .337 .217 .302 .258 .385 86.7 91.3 19.3 14.8% 38.0% 23.7%
2022 MIN .226 .271 .324 .347 .206 .269 .289 .367 84.4 87.2 21.2 11.9% 34.7% 20.8%
2023 MIN .204 .293 .229 .299 .240 .332 .275 .453 87.9 92.8 19.4 36.8% 38.5% 25.0%
2024 MIN .266 .327 .333 .362 .237 .316 .288 .375 87.4 89.8 15.7 20.0% 38.8% 25.0%
2025 CHC .186 .236 .226 .252 .198 .245 .242 .302 87.5 88.6 19.7 14.3% 35.1% 24.1%
2026 CHC .248 .335 .293 .358 .244 .339 .287 .445 88.3 90.3 20.0 27.0% 44.5% 28.5%
RP MLB Percentile 46 31 51 23 48 24 50 6 43 33 10 11 11 24
RP MLB AVG .241 .315 .290 .321 .236 .316 .281 .361 87.7 89.1 13.3 17.6% 37.1% 24.7%
Career .225 .291 .281 .312 .220 .301 .273 .386 86.7 89.9 19.3 17.7% 37.5% 23.9%

Caleb Thielbar Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR% Str-ICR
2020 MIN 48.8% 65.5% 49.3% 28.9% 29.5% 21.0% 70.5% 77.3% 54.5% 16.2% 14.6% 30.7% 13.7% 61.7% 0.65 56.9%
2021 MIN 51.0% 66.5% 49.5% 31.0% 26.5% 21.4% 73.5% 79.7% 59.5% 17.0% 13.1% 30.1% 15.0% 61.6% 0.63 55.2%
2022 MIN 49.3% 69.7% 54.5% 36.2% 30.2% 23.3% 69.8% 75.0% 59.6% 15.2% 16.5% 31.6% 14.8% 64.6% 0.73 59.4%
2023 MIN 48.6% 65.9% 50.1% 29.6% 24.1% 21.8% 75.9% 80.4% 65.8% 15.8% 12.1% 27.9% 16.2% 61.1% 0.55 53.4%
2024 MIN 48.9% 66.5% 48.4% 28.9% 24.7% 20.7% 75.3% 79.9% 64.9% 18.2% 12.0% 30.1% 15.7% 60.9% 0.62 54.3%
2025 CHC 49.8% 66.9% 49.7% 33.5% 26.9% 18.4% 73.1% 80.4% 58.9% 17.2% 13.3% 30.5% 18.0% 62.3% 0.59 54.2%
2026 CHC 43.4% 67.4% 51.4% 37.8% 27.1% 21.8% 72.9% 82.9% 58.7% 16.0% 14.0% 29.9% 15.7% 61.8% 0.63 53.4%
RP MLB Percentile 40 89 84 92 68 91 68 65 57 44 77 74 22 88 89 77
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.9% 47.5% 31.8% 25.6% 18.2% 74.4% 83.9% 58.5% 16.4% 12.2% 28.5% 17.1% 58.4% 0.51 51.1%
Career 48.8% 66.1% 50.6% 32.7% 27.1% 21.2% 72.9% 79.2% 60.3% 16.6% 13.7% 30.3% 15.6% 62.1% 0.64 55.4%

Caleb Thielbar Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2020 MIN 48.8% 30.2% 29.4% 40.4% 31.5% 23.7% 44.7% 35.8% 34.8% 8.1%
2021 MIN 51.0% 27.2% 29.7% 43.1% 31.0% 24.8% 44.2% 31.4% 39.0% 8.1%
2022 MIN 49.3% 32.4% 28.8% 38.8% 41.1% 22.8% 36.1% 31.7% 39.5% 7.3%
2023 MIN 48.6% 27.2% 30.1% 42.6% 36.2% 25.8% 38.0% 31.2% 38.7% 9.4%
2024 MIN 48.9% 30.0% 28.0% 42.1% 34.4% 26.2% 39.5% 25.9% 46.1% 8.5%
2025 CHC 49.8% 28.7% 29.2% 42.1% 31.2% 24.0% 44.8% 34.6% 36.2% 7.6%
2026 CHC 43.4% 26.8% 29.3% 43.9% 39.2% 22.9% 37.9% 30.9% 39.7% 8.5%
RP MLB Percentile 40 7 25 87 65 46 32 66 19 91
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.5% 27.1% 38.4% 36.4% 22.9% 40.7% 29.8% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 48.8% 29.0% 29.1% 41.8% 35.0% 24.3% 40.7% 31.3% 39.6% 8.1%

Caleb Thielbar Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2020 MIN 52.3% 11.9% 35.8% 9.3% 59.8% 57.3% 23.2% 19.5% 16.5%
2021 MIN 56.6% 8.7% 34.8% 12.5% 59.7% 50.7% 24.0% 24.2% 20.0%
2022 MIN 56.1% 9.2% 35.2% 10.4% 68.4% 61.1% 20.6% 24.8% 22.8%
2023 MIN 58.2% 10.0% 32.0% 13.6% 57.9% 49.6% 18.6% 21.4% 23.4%
2024 MIN 57.0% 9.0% 34.8% 12.6% 61.7% 53.7% 25.7% 25.6% 17.2%
2025 CHC 60.3% 9.4% 30.5% 14.0% 64.5% 54.5% 23.7% 27.3% 21.9%
2026 CHC 57.8% 7.5% 35.6% 12.1% 64.5% 55.2% 22.2% 29.6% 19.2%
RP MLB Percentile 41 97 96 16 69 82 60 78 59
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.1% 30.0% 14.4% 61.0% 50.2% 21.2% 26.8% 19.2%
Career 57.2% 9.1% 34.2% 12.2% 62.9% 54.7% 22.8% 25.1% 20.2%

Caleb Thielbar PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2020 MIN 371 5.11 48.3% 13.6% 38.2% 10.1% 4.3% -3.1 0 3.09
2021 MIN 1,106 5.29 52.4% 17.6% 30.1% 22.3% 3.9% 7.0 +0 2.75
2022 MIN 996 5.29 53.0% 16.9% 30.1% 22.9% 4.2% 3.3 +8 2.48
2023 MIN 481 5.23 53.6% 13.3% 33.1% 20.6% 4.0% 1.3 -1 2.63
2024 MIN 887 5.28 51.6% 17.6% 30.8% 20.9% 3.7% 15.1 +11 2.83
2025 CHC 839 5.20 50.7% 18.0% 31.3% 19.3% 4.3% -9.2 -4 2.37
2026 CHC 702 5.11 48.6% 18.8% 32.6% 16.1% 4.1% 7.7 +5 3.03
RP MLB Percentile 48 85 82 63 85 85 56 17 26 77
RP MLB AVG 736 4.94 46.0% 17.4% 36.6% 9.3% 4.7% 0.7 0 3.49
Career 6,935 5.23 51.5% 17.0% 31.5% 19.9% 4.1% 22.2 +19 1.60
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