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Caleb Thielbar
B/T R/L · 6' 0" · 205 lb · born Northfield, MN, USA · age 39 · draft 2009 rd 18 · played P 59 · MLB debut 2013-05-20
212 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
A left-handed reliever from Northfield, Minnesota, taken in the 18th round of the 2009 draft, Thielbar is 39 and has 463 strikeouts across 472 big-league games. Over his last 14 days in MLB: two appearances, one strikeout.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $4.50M
- Guaranteed
- $4.50M
- Term
- 1 yr
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $4.0M | $6.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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Umpire favor
+1.2 net runs over 30 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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