Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	‐
VBR	# 332	# 741

Projections

Strikeouts	51	16
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	4.75
WHIP	1.29	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 117	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 116	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	8

Games Started	14	3

Innings Pitched	77.0	28.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	37

Earned Runs	37	24

Home Runs Allowed	13	6

Strikeouts	58	27

Walks	21	8

ERA	4.32	7.53

WHIP	1.19	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	2

Innings Pitched	62.0	19.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	19

Earned Runs	32	10

Home Runs Allowed	11	3

Strikeouts	51	16

Walks	16	7

ERA	4.71	4.75

WHIP	1.29	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Friday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Bailey Ober will start on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Bailey Ober allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Guardians. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Twins activated Bailey Ober from the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Bailey Ober is expected to be activated from the 15-day injured list to start Thursday's game against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#241	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Matt Waldron (2026)

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