Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 916	# 523

Projections

Strikeouts	5	19
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	4.34
WHIP	1.40	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	1

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	32.2	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	4

Earned Runs	26	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	28	4

Walks	8	2

ERA	7.16	4.15

WHIP	1.56	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	13

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	5.4	18.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	17

Earned Runs	3	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	5	19

Walks	2	8

ERA	4.65	4.34

WHIP	1.40	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	The Padres designated RHP Matt Waldron for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	AJ Smith-Shawver was sent back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	AJ Smith-Shawver gave up two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The Braves activated AJ Smith-Shawver from the 15-day injured list and will make the 27th-man for Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Matt Waldron (2026)

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