Caleb Thielbar #caleb thielbar
Caleb John Thielbar was born on January 31, 1987, in Northfield, Minnesota. He attended Randolph High School and South Dakota State University. The Milwaukee Brewers selected him in the eighteenth round of the 2009 draft. Thielbar signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins on August 19, 2011. He made his major league debut for the Twins on May 20, 2013, and won the Bill Boni Outstanding Rookie Award that year. The Twins re-signed him to a minor league deal in December 2019. He left the organization when the Detroit Tigers signed him to a minor league contract on January 24, 2018. Thielbar later signed with the Chicago Cubs on December 31, 2024, and again on December 17, 2025. He bats right-handed and throws left-handed.