Caleb Thielbar
37-Year-Old
Free Agent
2024 Stats
W-L
2-4
ERA
5.32
WHIP
1.56
K
53
SV
3
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Thielbar is an impact reliever who will serve in the setup corps for the Twins again this season. Thielbar had an impressive 30% strikeout rate along with a career-low 5% walk rate. He also held left-handed batters to an amazing .341 OPS (six hits allowed and no walks in 47 plate appearances). His only blemish was missing nearly two months with an oblique injury. At age 37, he may not be a good bet to pitch in 50-plus games in a season. He also isn't used much in save chances since he's a lefty utilized for matchups often before the ninth inning. However, he could rack up some impressive hold totals in a setup role. Read Past Outlooks
Continues recent improvement
Thielbar threw two perfect innings while striking out two in Friday's 6-3 win over the Guardians.
ANALYSIS
Thielbar struggled to start the season with a 8.04 ERA and 5.2 BB/9 in his first 15.2 innings. However, he's turned his season around since June 12 with a 2.81 ERA and 19:5 K:BB over his last 16 innings. He had seemingly lost the ability to control his looping curveball early in the season, but has gotten back to peak form. He could play a key role in high-leverage spots for the Twins as the top southpaw in the bullpen, and he's picked up two of his eight holds on the year in his last three appearances.
Thielbar struggled to start the season with a 8.04 ERA and 5.2 BB/9 in his first 15.2 innings. However, he's turned his season around since June 12 with a 2.81 ERA and 19:5 K:BB over his last 16 innings. He had seemingly lost the ability to control his looping curveball early in the season, but has gotten back to peak form. He could play a key role in high-leverage spots for the Twins as the top southpaw in the bullpen, and he's picked up two of his eight holds on the year in his last three appearances.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
11
How many pitches does Caleb Thielbar generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
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91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Caleb Thielbar generally pitch?
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-16%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-15%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .212 | 67 | 19 | 46 | 2 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .252 | 102 | 29 | 78 | 16 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .244 | 28 | 10 | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .286 | 25 | 14 | 28 | 5 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .128 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .258 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 7 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .225 | 25 | 9 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .226 | 55 | 9 | 33 | 4 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-13%
ERA at Home
2024
-46%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 3.82 | 1.30 | 77.2 | 10.2 | 3.8 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.37 | 1.19 | 59.2 | 12.2 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2024Home | 6.94 | 1.67 | 23.1 | 9.6 | 5.4 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.75 | 1.46 | 24.0 | 10.5 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.95 | 0.98 | 18.1 | 10.8 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.65 | 0.89 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 0.7 | ||||
| 2022Home | 2.25 | 1.22 | 36.0 | 10.3 | 3.5 | ||||
| 2022Away | 5.40 | 1.07 | 23.1 | 15.0 | 1.5 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Caleb Thielbar compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.21K/9
10.1BB/9
4.6HR/9
1.1Fastball
93.3 mphERA
5.32WHIP
1.56BABIP
.353GB/FB
1.00Left On Base
62.5%Exit Velocity
80.7 mphBarrels/BBE
5.9%Spin Rate
2359 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
18.8%Swinging Strike
11.4%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Thielbar continues to fly under the radar because he'll be 36 this season and is a southpaw with only one career save. If you look deeper under the hood, his resume is pretty impressive. Thielbar has pitched 242 big league innings with a respectable 3.01 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 9.6 K/9 and 2.9 BB/9. He significantly out-performed that strikeout ratio last season with a 12.1 K/9 and 15% SwStr% that was top 30 among qualfied relievers. Not to mention, Thielbar's 25.9% hard hit rate allowed and 85.9 mph average exit velocity allowed were among the best in the league. He'll reprise his role as Minnesota's top lefty reliever in 2023, and while he certainly has the skills necessary to close games, don't expect him to suddenly enter the mix for saves.
More Fantasy News
Encouraging outing
Thielbar threw 1.1 scoreless innings without a strikeout or walk Thursday against Arizona.
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Picks up save Monday
Thielbar struck out two batters in a scoreless inning and earned a save over the Mariners on Monday.
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Lands another save
Thielbar earned the save Monday against the White Sox, allowing one hit and one walk with two strikeouts over a scoreless inning.
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Converts first save
Thielbar allowed a hit and recorded one out to pick up a save over the Angels on Friday.
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Reinstated from injured list
The Twins activated Thielbar (hamstring) from the 15-day injured list Sunday.
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Getting closer to return
Thielbar is rehabbing from an oblique strain and is expected to start a rehab assignment at some point this week, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Thielbar has been out since early May with an oblique strain, and his return would give the Twins another southpaw arm in the bullpen. Thielbar was off to a solid start to the season prior to the injury, posting a 1.80 ERA across 10 innings.
Thielbar has been out since early May with an oblique strain, and his return would give the Twins another southpaw arm in the bullpen. Thielbar was off to a solid start to the season prior to the injury, posting a 1.80 ERA across 10 innings.