Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 198	‐
VBR	# 462	# 735

Projections

Strikeouts	35	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.75
WHIP	1.43	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 293	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 113	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	8

Games Started	7	3

Innings Pitched	53.1	28.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	54	37

Earned Runs	25	24

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	55	27

Walks	25	8

ERA	4.22	7.53

WHIP	1.48	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	7	2

Innings Pitched	42.1	19.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	19

Earned Runs	19	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	35	16

Walks	17	7

ERA	4.15	4.75

WHIP	1.43	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Andrew Alvarez couldn't find the zone often enough Tuesday despite limiting hard contact early. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Andrew Alvarez allowed zero earned runs on two hits and one walk while striking out six over 4.2 innings in Wednesday's win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Andrew Alvarez will pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Andrew Alvarez allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 4.1 innings in Friday's loss to the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Andrew Alvarez allowed one earned run on four hits and no walks while striking out six over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 22nd	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Alvarez SP,RP - WSH			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs ARI
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Alvarez for Matt Waldron (2026)

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