Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 105	‐
VBR	# 246	# 749

Projections

Strikeouts	55	11
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.71
WHIP	1.31	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 88	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 140	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	10

Games Started	22	3

Innings Pitched	114.0	32.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	126	43

Earned Runs	71	26

Home Runs Allowed	26	7

Strikeouts	116	28

Walks	39	8

ERA	5.61	7.16

WHIP	1.45	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	56.0	13.6

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	14

Earned Runs	28	7

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	55	11

Walks	16	5

ERA	4.47	4.71

WHIP	1.31	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Aaron Nola allowed just one run on five hits and three walks while striking out four across 5 2/3 innings in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	The Padres designated RHP Matt Waldron for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Aaron Nola allowed five runs on seven hits while striking out four across 5 1/3 innings against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Aaron Nola allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six across six-plus innings in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 17th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola will start on Thursday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Aaron Nola gave up two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Friday's 10-2 loss to the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
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 (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Matt Waldron (2026)

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