Report: Cubs re-sign Thielbar

The Chicago Cubs are re-signing reliever Caleb Thielbar, sources told ESPN's Jesse Rogers and Jeff Passan.

Terms of the deal, which is pending a physical, are not known.

Thielbar, 38, posted a 2.64 ERA and 3.00 FIP for the Cubs last year in his first season with the franchise.

The left-hander is a veteran of nine seasons, eight of which came with the Minnesota Twins. Thielbar has authored a 3.26 ERA and 3.30 FIP over 378 career innings. From 2021-24, he owned an impressive 29% strikeout rate. He saw a marked decline in whiffs this past year but still owned a 4.33-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio thanks to limiting free passes.

Thielbar joins newcomer Hoby Milner as well as Luke Little as southpaw options in the Cubs' bullpen.