Caleb Thielbar
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 0" 205LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 18, #556, Milwaukee Brewers | South Dakota State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 3 1 3.23 36 0 0 30.2 36 0.95
2024 2 4 5.32 59 0 3 47.1 53 1.56
2025 2 1 1.69 31 0 1 26.2 24 0.98
9 Seasons 25 13 3.25 378 0 5 346.2 371 1.17
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 36 3-1 3.23 30.2 36 0.95
2024 59 2-4 5.32 47.1 53 1.56
2025 31 2-1 1.69 26.2 24 0.98
9 Seasons 378 25-13 3.25 346.2 371 1.17
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 28 81 15 0 0.0 0.0 87.7 97.9 4.0 13.3 .153 .183 .252 .146 .202 13.3 25.0 0.0 5.40 0.94
2020 33 371 51 2 3.9 2.4 85.1 107.2 22.4 35.3 .207 .312 .236 .276 .320 25.5 26.8 11.0 2.25 3.18
2021 34 1106 166 20 12.0 7.5 88.4 113.5 20.8 32.5 .221 .418 .300 .303 .393 39.2 28.9 7.5 3.23 3.90
2022 35 996 147 10 6.8 4.1 84.9 113.4 21.5 37.4 .192 .308 .271 .249 .333 25.9 32.7 7.3 3.49 2.53
2023 36 481 78 9 11.5 7.5 88.6 114.0 20.4 37.2 .222 .421 .293 .292 .397 35.9 30.0 5.0 3.23 3.55
2024 37 887 139 14 10.1 6.5 88.3 110.4 16.2 34.5 .239 .393 .327 .315 .376 33.8 24.5 11.1 5.32 4.17
2025 38 410 68 3 4.4 2.9 88.8 113.6 21.4 23.5 .173 .245 .221 .230 .243 32.8 23.3 10.7 1.69 1.95
Player 4332 664 58 8.7 5.5 87.4 114.0 19.8 33.4 .211 .358 .284 .279 .352 32.4 28.2 8.4
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Thielbar relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(44.0%) ,
Curveball
(26.4%) ,
Sweeper
(18.6%) ,
Slider
(11.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 73.3 26.7 26.7 0.0 0.0 20.0 60.0 20.0 13.3 46.7 13.3 6.7 13.3 6.7
2020 31.4 68.6 25.5 27.5 15.7 41.2 31.4 27.5 19.6 7.8 3.9 21.6 23.5 23.5
2021 33.7 66.3 33.1 23.5 9.6 41.0 33.7 25.3 11.4 15.1 7.2 29.5 18.7 18.1
2022 30.6 69.4 34.0 25.2 10.2 34.7 32.0 33.3 14.3 10.2 6.1 20.4 21.8 27.2
2023 37.2 62.8 30.8 20.5 11.5 51.3 29.5 19.2 23.1 11.5 2.6 28.2 17.9 16.7
2024 39.6 60.4 27.3 23.0 10.1 43.2 36.0 20.9 21.6 14.4 3.6 21.6 21.6 17.3
2025 39.7 60.3 33.8 11.8 14.7 38.2 39.7 22.1 19.1 17.6 2.9 19.1 22.1 19.1
Player 36.0 64.0 31.2 22.0 10.8 40.5 34.3 25.2 17.0 13.9 5.1 23.5 20.5 20.0
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 6.7 40.0 26.7 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2020 9.8 19.6 39.2 21.6 5.9 3.9 2.4
2021 9.0 19.9 33.1 19.3 6.6 12.0 7.5
2022 6.1 19.0 39.5 23.8 4.8 6.8 4.1
2023 3.8 25.6 32.1 20.5 6.4 11.5 7.5
2024 3.6 28.8 28.8 23.7 5.0 10.1 6.5
2025 2.9 23.5 41.2 20.6 5.9 4.4 2.9
Player 6.0 23.0 34.6 21.5 5.6 8.7 5.5
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2025 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 175 92.5 12.7 2.5 3.8ARM -3.1 19.4 3.5 3.8ARM -4.3
2025 Sweeper CHC L 74 81.0 41.9 0.5 14.3GLV -0.1 -0.1 1.0 14.3GLV 1.1
2025 Slider CHC L 44 87.6 31.2 -2.4 4.8GLV 1.1 4.5 -2.7 4.8GLV 0.6
2025 Curveball CHC L 105 75.7 64.3 4.2 8.3GLV -2.1 -16.0 6.5 8.3GLV 0.2
2024 4-Seam Fastball MIN L 385 93.2 13.1 2.1 3.5ARM -3.6 18.3 2.6 3.5ARM -4.6
2024 Curveball MIN L 220 74.1 65.6 3.7 8.7GLV -1.7 -15.4 6.9 8.7GLV 1.6
2024 Sweeper MIN L 275 81.5 41.3 0.6 13.7GLV -0.4 -0.2 1.3 13.7GLV -0.5
2024 Slider MIN L 7 86.6 30.5 -4.3 1.9GLV -2.5 5.8 -4.3 1.9GLV -2.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 3 181 44.1 48 .238 .333 .311 18.4 16.7 17.8 .205 .310 .280 39.4
2025 Curveball 2.0 2 110 26.8 23 .100 .150 .154 45.7 43.5 26.3 .120 .155 .168 27.3
2025 Sweeper 3.8 3 75 18.3 16 .067 .067 .056 17.6 12.5 8.0 .187 .229 .187 14.3
2025 Slider 1.5 1 44 10.7 15 .154 .231 .237 27.8 26.7 28.6 .136 .200 .216 44.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -5 385 43.4 111 .320 .495 .382 17.9 19.8 15.3 .273 .479 .364 44.2
2024 Sweeper -1.0 -3 275 31.0 58 .302 .434 .355 29.5 27.6 18.6 .245 .352 .285 31.6
2024 Curveball 0.7 1 220 24.8 45 .079 .158 .223 36.4 33.3 19.0 .142 .231 .234 4.2
2024 Slider 0.1 0 7 0.8 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2025 Curveball 99 75.7 83 21.2 5:00 5:15 -15
2025 4-Seam Fastball 169 92.5 92 19.2 11:30 11:30 0
2025 Slider 41 87.6 41 6.3 12:45 2:00 -75
2025 Sweeper 71 81.1 45 15.4 4:00 3:15 45
2024 Curveball 215 74.1 90 20.8 5:00 5:15 -15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 378 93.3 90 18.1 11:30 11:30 0
2024 Sweeper 265 81.5 39 14.7 3:45 3:15 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 167 645 10 8 -2 -4 12
2014 205 809 1 6 -6 -3 -1
2015 20 81 1 1 -1 0 1
2020 82 371 8 1 -2 -1 6
2021 265 1,106 13 1 -7 -5 2
2022 244 996 10 6 -3 -4 10
2023 120 481 0 7 -3 -1 3
2024 214 887 0 3 -6 -3 -6
2025 99 398 9 5 -4 -2 8
Player 1,416 5,774 53 38 -34 53 34
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 81 51.9 50.0 85.7 30.8 83.3 38.3 65.0 40.7 15.2 6.2 80.0
2020 371 51.2 71.1 76.3 26.5 50.0 41.2 59.8 49.3 29.5 8.6 75.0
2021 1,106 54.5 68.7 77.8 26.6 58.2 41.0 59.8 49.5 26.5 9.1 82.2
2022 996 52.9 73.2 72.3 33.5 61.1 43.4 69.3 54.5 30.2 8.4 82.1
2023 481 51.6 70.6 79.4 28.3 65.2 41.4 58.3 50.1 24.1 11.2 81.5
2024 887 51.5 68.7 78.0 26.7 65.2 41.7 61.7 48.4 24.7 9.4 77.1
2025 410 52.3 64.9 79.3 25.8 65.3 39.9 65.0 46.3 24.2 9.3 81.1
Player 4,332 52.7 69.5 76.8 28.4 61.6 41.6 62.8 50.0 26.7 9.2 80.3
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 26 15 59
2020 80 80 87 86 71 88 86 93 97 68 25 69 39 9 84 52 67
2021 60 72 36 19 78 42 3 58 45 83 62 51 35 18 70 36 49
2022 94 92 89 81 95 78 60 99 100 93 55 80 87 32 68 44 44
2023 34 64 52 36
2024 41 48 47 44 32 61 10 65 85 62 14 44 26 35 57 45 32
2025 99 99 99 98 95 91 90 62 90 56 20 42 25 22 64 62 32
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 -- 0 0.4 0 1 1 0 --
2021 24.44 8 11.8 -4 7 5 7 87.5
2022 23.78 5 4.8 0 2 4 2 40.0
2023 25.03 9 9.2 0 1 7 4 44.4
2024 23.99 6 7.0 -1 2 5 3 50.0
2025 -- 0 0.5 -1 2 1 0 --
Player 24.42 28 33.7 -6 15 23 16 57.1
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2020 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
2021 8 14 12 14 12 11 14 10 9 9 10 14 12 11 10 13 10 9 15 13 11 13 15 12 12 9 17 14 11 10 9
2022 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 5 5 6 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 5 4 4 6 7 6 6 5
2023 9 8 10 9 9 9 10 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 12 10 8 11 10 9 8 12 11 8 7 9 11 11 9 6
2024 6 6 4 6 7 7 8 6 6 6 6 9 7 7 8 6 7 7 8 9 8 7 8 8 7 8 5 7 8 7 7
2025 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Player 28 33 33 35 34 34 38 26 25 27 30 41 34 33 32 36 31 28 39 40 33 34 44 36 31 28 38 41 36 33 27
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Fastball Velocity 89.8 1.5 91.3 1.5 92.8 0.3 93.1 0.1 93.2 -0.7 92.5
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 82.4 0.3 82.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 72.7 4.8 77.5 -0.3 77.2 1.2 78.4 0.0 78.4 1.4 79.8
Exit Velocity 85.1 3.3 88.4 -3.5 84.9 3.7 88.6 -0.3 88.3 0.5 88.8
Launch Angle 22.4 -1.6 20.8 0.7 21.5 -1.1 20.4 -4.2 16.2 5.2 21.4
Barrel % 3.9 8.1 12.0 -5.2 6.8 4.7 11.5 -1.4 10.1 -5.7 4.4
Hard Hit % 25.5 13.7 39.2 -13.3 25.9 10.0 35.9 -2.1 33.8 -1.0 32.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.3 -2.8 32.5 4.9 37.4 -0.2 37.2 -2.7 34.5 -11.0 23.5
xBA .207 0.014 .221 -0.029 .192 0.030 .222 0.017 .239 -0.066 .173
BA .192 0.040 .232 -0.006 .226 -0.022 .204 0.062 .266 -0.099 .167
xwOBA .276 0.027 .303 -0.054 .249 0.043 .292 0.023 .315 -0.085 .230
wOBA .236 0.064 .300 -0.029 .271 0.022 .293 0.034 .327 -0.106 .221
xSLG .312 0.106 .418 -0.110 .308 0.113 .421 -0.028 .393 -0.148 .245
SLG .219 0.182 .401 -0.069 .332 0.119 .451 -0.041 .410 -0.177 .233
K% 26.8 2.1 28.9 3.8 32.7 -2.7 30.0 -5.5 24.5 -1.2 23.3
BB% 11.0 -3.5 7.5 -0.2 7.3 -2.3 5.0 6.1 11.1 -0.4 10.7
Swing % 49.3 0.2 49.5 5.0 54.5 -4.4 50.1 -1.7 48.4 -2.1 46.3
Whiff% 29.5 -3.0 26.5 3.7 30.2 -6.1 24.1 0.6 24.7 -0.5 24.2
In Zone % 51.2 3.3 54.5 -1.6 52.9 -1.3 51.6 -0.1 51.5 0.8 52.3
Out of Zone % 48.8 -3.3 45.5 1.6 47.1 1.3 48.4 0.1 48.5 -0.8 47.7
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 0.1 26.6 6.9 33.5 -5.2 28.3 -1.6 26.7 -0.9 25.8
First Pitch Swing % 29.3 0.4 29.7 8.4 38.1 -0.6 37.5 -9.5 28.0 9.9 37.9
First Pitch Strike % 59.8 0.0 59.8 9.5 69.3 -11.0 58.3 3.4 61.7 3.3 65.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 82 .236 57 7 12.3 25 8 32.0
2021 Shifts 265 .300 173 13 7.5 92 54 58.7
2022 Shifts 244 .271 154 42 27.3 90 63 70.0
2023 Shades 120 .293 73 14 19.2 47 20 42.6
2024 Shades 213 .328 114 11 9.6 99 37 37.4
2025 Shades 99 .228 54 7 13.0 45 18 40.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2013 191 16.9 26.2% 1.0% 89 22.3 3.4% 7.9%
2014 180 16.0 40.6% 0.6% 177 19.2 5.6% 2.8%
2015 31 15.6 48.4% 0.0% 13 21.8 15.4% 23.1%
2020 85 18.3 4.7% 0.0% 69 21.8 1.4% 4.3%
2021 278 18.9 1.8% 2.2% 187 23.0 0.0% 8.0%
2022 220 20.6 0.5% 2.7% 169 23.9 0.0% 10.7%
2023 136 16.2 13.2% 0.7% 60 17.8 0.0% 0.0%
2024 210 16.1 20.0% 1.4% 166 17.6 1.2% 0.0%
2025 104 15.8 26.0% 0.0% 62 17.2 1.6% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution