Cristopher Sanchez or Matt Waldron

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News & Notes
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Cristopher Sanchez or Matt Waldron Player Statistics
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Matt Waldron SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	7

Games Started	20	3

Innings Pitched	127.1	26.1

Wins	11	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	126	35

Earned Runs	37	22

Home Runs Allowed	12	5

Strikeouts	144	25

Walks	25	8

ERA	2.62	7.52

WHIP	1.19	1.63

Cristopher Sanchez or Matt Waldron Player Projections
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Matt Waldron SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	5

Games Started	30	3

Innings Pitched	188.7	21.1

Wins	13	1

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	170	21

Earned Runs	64	12

Home Runs Allowed	16	3

Strikeouts	184	17

Walks	46	7

ERA	3.03	5.26

WHIP	1.14	1.31

Cristopher Sanchez or Matt Waldron Player Notes
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Matt Waldron SP - SD
News
	Cristopher Sanchez has been announced as the starter for the National League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered two runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Saturday's 4-2 win against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered nine runs on 12 hits and one walk while striking out just one batter over 3 1/3 innings in Monday's 15-1 loss to the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Cristopher Sanchez gave up only three hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven shutout innings in Tuesday's 8-0 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	Matt Waldron allowed six runs on eight hits over 2 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss against the Brewers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
	Cristopher Sanchez allowed five runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	Matt Waldron allowed one run on two hits over five innings with seven strikeouts in a win on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
Notes
	Cristopher Sanchez finished second for the Cy Young Award in 2025, and without a historic season from Paul Skenes, he would have been an easy choice. Sanchez threw 202 innings with a 2.50 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP, and 212 strikeouts. His K-rate jumped to 26.3%, and his walk rate remained microscopic at 5.5%. He also had a 176 ERA+, good for fifth in the majors. If you don't want to pay the massive cost for one of the Big 3 pitchers, Sanchez is about as great of a "consolation prize" as there is in starting pitching in 2026. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Cristopher Sanchez or Matt Waldron Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI			Matt Waldron SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#346	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#161	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#249
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#277	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#177	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#300	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			vs COL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#237
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL