Matt Waldron or Michael King

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News & Notes
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Matt Waldron or Michael King Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Matt Waldron SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	6

Games Started	19	3

Innings Pitched	108.1	23.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	82	33

Earned Runs	41	22

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	92	22

Walks	43	7

ERA	3.41	8.49

WHIP	1.15	1.71

Matt Waldron or Michael King Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Matt Waldron SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	5

Games Started	27	3

Innings Pitched	154.5	21.1

Wins	10	1

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	137	21

Earned Runs	65	12

Home Runs Allowed	19	3

Strikeouts	159	17

Walks	53	7

ERA	3.77	5.26

WHIP	1.23	1.31

Matt Waldron or Michael King Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Matt Waldron SP - SD
News
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a win on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Michael King allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Michael King allowed four runs on three hits over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Michael King allowed six hits over seven scoreless innings with five strikeouts in a win on Monday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Michael King allowed three runs on five hits over 4 1/3 innings with one strikeout and three walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Matt Waldron will pitch for the Padres on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
Notes
	Michael King's transition to a full-time starter in San Diego paid off in 2024, but 2025 brought some mild regression and missed time. After logging 173 2/3 innings with a 2.95 ERA and 27.7% strikeout rate in 2024, he threw just 73.1 innings in 2025 with his strikeout rate dipping to 24.7% and his HR/9 jumping from 0.9 to 1.5. Projections expect a rebound in workload and a return to mid-3.00s ratios, which aligns more closely with his 2024 form than last year's abbreviated campaign. King still misses bats at an above-average clip and limits batting average against (.225 career), but his margin for error narrows when the home run rate spikes. He profiles as a high-end SP3 with SP2 upside if the strikeouts tick back toward the 27-28% range and he pushes past 160 innings again. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Matt Waldron or Michael King Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Matt Waldron SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#26	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#134	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#114	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#228	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#228
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#377	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#377
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-7)	#325	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-7)	#325
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#95	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-5)	#51	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-5)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#275	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#275
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#228	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#228
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#377	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#377
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#213	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#100	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#123	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-6)	#178	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-6)	#178
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#106	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#166	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#166
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#148	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#148
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (4-6)	#127	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (4-6)	#127
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#78	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#78
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#133	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#133
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#39	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#39
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#95	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#95
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#174	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#174
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-5)	#121	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-5)	#121
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#197	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#197
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (10-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (10-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#179	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (10-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (10-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#7	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#73	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#94	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#24	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#79	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#314	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#314
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#133	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#152	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#305	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#305
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#222	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#222
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#129	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#205	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#129	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (2-1)	#88	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (2-1)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#120	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#70	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#70
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#66	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#66
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#22	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#22
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#74	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#117	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-6)	#76	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL			@ ATL
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs ARI