Caleb Thielbar
37-Year-Old
Out
Injury Hamstring
Est. Return 4/12/2024
2023 Stats
W-L
3-1
ERA
3.23
WHIP
0.95
K
36
SV
0
2024 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
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Slated to open on IL
Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey said Monday that Thielbar (hamstring) will begin the season on the injured list, Bobby Nightengale of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
ANALYSIS
Thielbar had a setback with his left hamstring during Saturday's live batting practice session. There's no timetable at this juncture for the left-handed reliever's return. It's a blow to a bullpen that will also be without Jhoan Duran (oblique) at the start of the season.
Thielbar had a setback with his left hamstring during Saturday's live batting practice session. There's no timetable at this juncture for the left-handed reliever's return. It's a blow to a bullpen that will also be without Jhoan Duran (oblique) at the start of the season.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
13
Last 10 Games
13
Last 5 Games
12
How many pitches does Caleb Thielbar generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
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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 2021
-16%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-50%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .199 | 65 | 13 | 42 | 4 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .238 | 128 | 31 | 87 | 16 | |||
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 | |||
2021vs Left | .214 | 26 | 4 | 18 | 3 | |||
2021vs Right | .242 | 51 | 16 | 37 | 5 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-51%
ERA at Home
2023
-19%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 2.34 | 1.08 | 92.1 | 10.5 | 2.7 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 4.82 | 1.18 | 61.2 | 12.4 | 2.3 | ||||
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 | ||||
2021Home | 2.13 | 1.00 | 38.0 | 10.7 | 2.1 | ||||
2021Away | 4.85 | 1.42 | 26.0 | 11.1 | 3.8 | ||||
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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
6.00K/9
10.6BB/9
1.8HR/9
2.1Fastball
93.1 mphERA
3.23WHIP
0.95BABIP
.241GB/FB
0.87Left On Base
88.5%Exit Velocity
80.2 mphBarrels/BBE
6.2%Spin Rate
2343 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
19.7%Swinging Strike
11.0%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
Throws another batting practice
Thielbar (hamstring) threw a 20-pitch live batting practice session without issue Saturday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
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Still not running full speed
Thielbar (hamstring) still isn't able to run at full speed, but he believes he'll be ready for Opening Day, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. He threw another batting practice session Tuesday.
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Faces hitters
Thielbar (hamstring) threw a live batting practice session Saturday, MLB.com reports. "I don't know exact timeline, but I anticipate being just fine for the second half of March at least to get into some games and be ready to go," Thielbar said afterward.
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Nursing hamstring strain
Thielbar is dealing with a left hamstring strain and is throwing a bullpen session Friday, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.comreports.
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Avoids arbitration with Minnesota
The Twins and Thielbar avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $3.225 million contract Thursday, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.com reports.
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