{"id":352719,"date":"2025-12-16T20:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/352719\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:22:10","slug":"cubs-to-re-sign-left-handed-reliever-caleb-thielbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/352719\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs to re-sign left-handed reliever Caleb Thielbar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/cubs\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cubs<\/a> are set to bring back a key component to their bullpen success last year.<\/p>\n<p>They are in agreement with left-handed reliever Caleb Thielbar on a one-year deal, a source confirmed Tuesday. The terms of the contract, which is pending a physical, were not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Source confirms the Cubs and left-handed reliever Caleb Thielbar are in agreement on a one-year deal, pending a physical. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseRogersESPN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@JesseRogersESPN<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@JeffPassan<\/a> were on it first.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maddie Lee (@maddie_m_lee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maddie_m_lee\/status\/2001010858223411282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thielbar, 38, recorded a 2.64 ERA for the Cubs last season, his best since 2020 by that measure. The veteran southpaw, who spent the other eight years of his major-league career with the Twins, was one of manager Craig Counsell\u2019s most trusted high-leverage arms for much of the season.<\/p>\n<p>He recorded 25 holds and one save in that role. And when the Cubs moved to a closer-by-committee approach late in the year, Thielbar was part of that matchup-centered equation.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs bullpen saw plenty of turnover and evolving roles over the course of the season, but it finished with a top-5 ERA in the National League (3.78), according to Fangraphs.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cubs are set to bring back a key component to their bullpen success last year. They are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-352719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}