Matt Waldron or Matthew Liberatore
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Matthew Liberatore SP - STL | Matt Waldron SP - SD | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 14 | 6 |
| Games Started | 14 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 70.2 | 23.1 |
| Wins | 3 | 1 |
| Losses | 3 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 79 | 33 |
| Earned Runs | 37 | 22 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 14 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 65 | 22 |
| Walks | 27 | 7 |
| ERA | 4.71 | 8.49 |
| WHIP | 1.50 | 1.71 |
| Matthew Liberatore SP - STL | Matt Waldron SP - SD | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 28 | 5 |
| Games Started | 28 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 147.9 | 21.1 |
| Wins | 8 | 1 |
| Losses | 10 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 147 | 21 |
| Earned Runs | 69 | 12 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 19 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 122 | 17 |
| Walks | 46 | 7 |
| ERA | 4.18 | 5.26 |
| WHIP | 1.31 | 1.31 |
| Matthew Liberatore SP - STL | Matt Waldron SP - SD | |
| News | ||
| Matthew Liberatore allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 4.1 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th | The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th | |
| Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over 4.1 innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th | Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th | |
| Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out four over 5.1 innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 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 | |
| Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out 10 over five innings in Monday's loss to the Brewers. Chase Davis Tue, May 26th | 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 | |
| Matthew Liberatore will now start on Monday for the Cardinals against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | Matt Waldron will pitch for the Padres on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Matthew Liberatore SP - STL | Matt Waldron SP - SD | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (6-2) | #18 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-3) | #2 |
| Fri, Mar 27th |   |   |   | vs DET | Framber Valdez (3-5) | #28 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #141 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (1-8) | #65 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #162 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-7) | #70 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #117 | vs SF | Logan Webb (3-4) | #14 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (4-5) | #26 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-6) | #191 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ DET | Framber Valdez (3-5) | #28 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (8-1) | #32 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (1-8) | #65 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-4) | #88 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ DET | Keider Montero (3-4) | #179 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #22 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (6-5) | #166 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (2-7) | #123 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (4-4) | #80 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #3 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-5) | #252 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-4) | #102 |
| Thu, Apr 9th |   |   |   | vs COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #257 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-4) | #88 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4) | #434 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #22 | vs COL | Ryan Feltner (2-2) | #425 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-6) | #165 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-7) | #341 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (5-3) | #113 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-5) | #7 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #100 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (5-2) | #74 |
| Thu, Apr 16th |   |   |   | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-6) | #45 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (5-4) | #217 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (8-4) | #52 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #233 | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #139 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-8) | #168 | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (4-4) | #345 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #315 | @ COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #257 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #127 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4) | #434 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd |   |   |   | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-2) | #425 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-5) | #7 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-5) | #76 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (5-2) | #74 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-5) | #94 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #164 | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #50 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-3) | #31 | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (4-3) | #71 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (2-7) | #123 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #126 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-3) | #47 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #216 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-4) | #104 | vs CWS | Sean Burke (3-4) | #129 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #110 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (6-1) | #174 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (3-3) | #112 | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-4) | #138 |
| Tue, May 5th |   |   |   | @ SF | Logan Webb (3-4) | #14 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #150 | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-6) | #191 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ SD | Michael King (4-5) | #41 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #99 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-5) | #145 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-5) | #84 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (6-4) | #207 | vs STL | Dustin May (4-6) | #66 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #136 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #119 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #150 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (4-3) | #106 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (8-2) | #8 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #236 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (7-1) | #49 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-5) | #89 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (5-2) | #74 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #82 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (4-4) | #13 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #157 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-6) | #16 |
| Mon, May 18th |   |   |   | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-4) | #12 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-4) | #102 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-3) | #47 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #130 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (6-2) | #1 |
| Fri, May 22nd |   |   |   | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #119 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CIN | Chase Petty (1-1) | #400 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (4-3) | #106 |
| Sun, May 24th |   |   |   | vs ATH | Luis Medina (1-1) | #227 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (8-2) | #8 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (5-4) | #11 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (7-1) | #49 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (3-3) | #112 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (8-2) | #4 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #25 | @ WSH | Paxton Schultz | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (3-2) | #30 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (7-2) | #79 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #259 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (6-5) | #166 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-7) | #21 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #53 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (8-2) | #4 |
| Thu, Jun 4th |   |   |   | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (5-1) | #9 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-6) | #151 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (2-0) | #81 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (2-1) | #75 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #37 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #184 | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #200 |
| Mon, Jun 8th |   |   |   | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-4) | #97 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (4-5) | #26 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #24 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ NYM | Austin Warren | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-6) | #151 | |
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #15 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (4-6) | #83 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (2-4) | #101 | @ BAL | Trey Gibson (1-2) | #310 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-3) | #69 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (3-6) | #96 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-1) | #197 | @ STL | Dustin May (4-6) | #66 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs SD | Michael King (4-5) | #41 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (7-4) | #135 |
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs SD | Griffin Canning (0-5) | #145 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #136 |
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #157 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (5-4) | #6 |
| Sat, Jun 20th |   |   |   | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-7) | #21 |
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #107 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #53 |
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-5) | #95 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-5) | #5 |
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ARI | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ARI | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs MIA | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs MIA | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs MIA | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th |   |   |   | @ CHC | ||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ ATL | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ ATL | @ CHC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ ATL | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CHC | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ CHC | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ CHC | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs MIL | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs MIL | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs MIL | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs MIL | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ATL | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ATL | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ATL | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd |   |   |   | @ ATL | ||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CIN | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CIN | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CIN | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs CHC | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs CHC | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs CHC | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ NYY | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ NYY | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ NYY | @ ARI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th |   |   |   | @ ARI | ||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs COL | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs COL | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs COL | vs HOU | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs PHI | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PHI | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PHI | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CHC | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CHC | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CHC | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ CIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ CIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ CIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ PHI | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ PHI | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ PHI | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th |   |   |   | vs PIT | ||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BAL | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BAL | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PIT | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PIT | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PIT | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st |   |   |   | @ CIN | ||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ LAD | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ LAD | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ COL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ COL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ COL | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SF | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SF | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SF | vs WSH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CWS | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CWS | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CWS | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SF | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SF | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SF | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th |   |   |   | @ COL | ||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs WSH | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs WSH | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs WSH | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ PIT | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ PIT | @ LAD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ PIT | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ MIL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ MIL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ MIL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-3) | #180 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (9-3) | #29 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (6-0) | #61 |   |   |   |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-6) | #16 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #3 |   |   |   |
| Thu, May 21st | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-3) | #31 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (5-4) | #6 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (2-0) | #81 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #82 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs ARI |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CHC |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ CIN |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs BAL |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ LAD |   |   |   | ||

