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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 32)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-31-1987
Height6' 0"
Weight205 lbs
Age37 years, 2 months, 25 days
BatsR
ThrowsL
0.12015
2016
2017
2018
-0.12019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2013 MIN MLB 49 0 46.0 3 2 0 24 14 39 4 99 4.7 2.7 0.8 7.6 0% .175 0.83 3.42 1.76 116 5.17 123.9 -0.3
2014 MIN MLB 54 0 47.7 2 1 0 51 16 35 3 106 9.6 3.0 0.6 6.6 0% .318 1.41 3.58 3.40 112 5.53 135.7 -0.6
2015 MIN MLB 6 0 5.0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 107 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.00 1.10 5.40 104 3.69 86.3 0.1
CareerMLB109098.753080307971037.32.70.67.232%.2571.113.382.741135.27127.7-0.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2009 BRR Rk AZL 14 2 45.3 6 1 0 44 7 46 1 96 8.7 1.4 0.2 9.1 0% .323 1.13 3.14 1.59 85 3.65 76.8
2009 HEL Rk PIO 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 95 0.0 5.3 0.0 10.6 0% .000 0.59 3.33 0.00 88 2.63 55.2
2010 WIS A MDW 30 0 53.0 0 2 3 65 14 43 6 11.0 2.4 1.0 7.3 0% .331 1.49 4.24 5.60 0 0.00 0.0
2010 HEL Rk PIO 9 0 14.7 0 0 0 16 0 9 2 9.8 0.0 1.2 5.5 0% .311 1.09 4.48 3.67 0 0.00 0.0
2011 FTM A+ FSL 3 1 7.3 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 91 1.2 6.1 0.0 6.1 0% .053 0.82 4.05 0.00 115 2.60 53.1
2012 FTM A+ FSL 7 0 12.3 1 1 1 4 2 16 0 2.9 1.5 0.0 11.7 0% .160 0.49 1.77 0.00 60 1.68 34.9
2012 NBR AA EAS 16 0 25.0 2 0 4 18 3 26 1 6.5 1.1 0.4 9.4 0% .262 0.84 1.99 1.80 67 2.83 59.0
2012 ROC AAA INT 25 1 40.3 3 1 1 42 16 32 5 105 9.4 3.6 1.1 7.1 0% .298 1.44 4.44 3.57 107 5.07 105.5
2012 PER Wnt AFL 11 0 13.0 1 0 0 21 8 12 3 14.5 5.5 2.1 8.3 0% .439 2.23 7.15 11.08 0 0.00 0.0
2013 MIN MLB AL 49 0 46.0 3 2 0 24 14 39 4 99 4.7 2.7 0.8 7.6 0% .175 0.83 3.42 1.76 116 5.17 123.9
2013 ROC AAA INT 17 0 26.3 1 1 1 27 8 34 1 9.2 2.7 0.3 11.6 0% .371 1.33 2.13 3.76 69 3.89 84.5
2014 MIN MLB AL 54 0 47.7 2 1 0 51 16 35 3 106 9.6 3.0 0.6 6.6 0% .318 1.41 3.58 3.40 112 5.53 135.7
2015 MIN MLB AL 6 0 5.0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 107 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.00 1.10 5.40 104 3.69 86.3
2015 ELP AAA PCL 9 0 12.3 0 0 0 9 5 7 1 6.6 3.6 0.7 5.1 0% .211 1.14 4.97 0.73 112 3.30 72.4
2015 ROC AAA INT 29 0 32.0 5 3 0 30 18 19 1 8.4 5.1 0.3 5.3 0% .282 1.50 4.15 2.81 121 5.29 115.9
2018 ERI AA EAS 27 0 38.0 3 0 0 28 3 40 1 6.6 0.7 0.2 9.5 39% .270 0.82 1.79 1.42 69 2.17 45.9
2018 TOL AAA INT 12 0 19.0 4 1 0 20 2 11 2 9.5 0.9 0.9 5.2 38% .295 1.16 4.01 3.32 108 5.09 107.6
2019 GWN AAA INT 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 40% .200 0.50 1.62 0.00 85 6.03 124.0
2019 TOL AAA INT 50 0 76.3 2 1 4 74 16 92 7 8.7 1.9 0.8 10.8 40% .344 1.18 3.11 3.30 79 3.50 72.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 645 0.5116 0.4930 0.7516 0.7030 0.2730 0.8103 0.5930 0.2484
2014 808 0.5297 0.4592 0.8356 0.6332 0.2632 0.8561 0.7800 0.1644
2015 81 0.5185 0.3827 0.8387 0.5000 0.2564 0.8571 0.8000 0.1613
Career15340.52150.46940.80040.65550.26700.83690.70240.1996

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-07-15 2013-07-21 DTD 6 2 - Groin Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 MIN $2,400,000
2022 MIN $1,300,000
2021 MIN $650,000
2015 MIN $
2014 MIN $510,000
2013 MIN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$4,860,000
4 yrTotal$4,860,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 131 d1 year/$2.4M (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$2.4M (2023). Re-signed by Minnesota 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1.3M (2022). Re-signed by Minnesota as a free agent 11/30/21 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$650,000 (2021). Re-signed by Minnesota 12/2/20 (avoided arbitration)
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/19 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 8/3/20.
  • 2019. Acquired by Atlanta in trade from Detroit 8/31/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 1/24/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by Miami as a free agent 11/11/16 (minor-league contract). Released by Miami 3/30/17. Signed by independent St. Paul of American Association 4/17.
  • 2016. Signed by independent St. Paul of American Association.
  • 1 year/$520,000 (2015). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/3/15. Claimed by San Diego off waivers 8/8/15 after being DFA by Minnesota 7/31/15. DFA by San Diego 8/30/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/3/15.
  • 1 year/$510,000 (2014). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/28/14.
  • 2013. Contract purchased by Minnesota 11/20/12.
  • Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 8/18/11 (minor-league contract).
  • Released by Milwaukee 12/13/10.
  • Drafted by Milwaukee 2009 (18-556) (South Dakota State).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 1.3 1.9 42 0 54.4 45 14 43 7 .244 1.08 3.68 3.96 -5.4 -0.6
80o 0 1.1 1.6 37 0 47.9 43 13 38 7 .259 1.17 4.08 4.4 -6.9 -0.8
70o 0 0.9 1.4 33 0 43.3 41 12 34 7 .270 1.23 4.38 4.73 -7.7 -0.8
60o 0 0.8 1.2 30 0 39.6 39 12 31 7 .279 1.29 4.63 5.01 -8.2 -0.9
50o 0 0.7 1.1 28 0 36.1 37 11 29 6 .288 1.35 4.88 5.28 -8.5 -0.9
40o 0 0.6 1 25 0 32.7 35 11 26 6 .297 1.41 5.13 5.56 -8.6 -0.9
30o 0 0.5 0.8 22 0 29.2 33 10 23 5 .306 1.47 5.40 5.86 -8.6 -0.9
20o 0 0.4 0.7 19 0 25.2 30 9 20 5 .317 1.55 5.72 6.21 -8.3 -0.9
10o 0 0.3 0.5 15 0 19.9 25 8 16 4 .332 1.66 6.18 6.72 -7.6 -0.8
Weighted Mean00.71.127035.33611286.2861.334.845.24-8.1-0.9

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Caleb Thielbar has thrown 4,937 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (80mph), also mixing in a Curve (73mph).