Who Should I Trade?

Cade Winquest for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Waldron SP - SD	Cade Winquest SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 762	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	6
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	4.29
WHIP	1.42	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP - SD	Cade Winquest SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	26.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	7.52	‐

WHIP	1.63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Waldron SP - SD	Cade Winquest SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	19

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	21.0	6.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	22	7

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	6

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.79	4.29

WHIP	1.42	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP - SD	Cade Winquest SP - STL
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Yankees returned RHP Cade Winquest to the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	He was selected as a Rule 5 pick and must remain on the major-league roster or injured list for the entire season — with at least 90 days on the active roster — for the Yankees to retain his rights. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	Cade Winquest added a sinker to his arsenal and is happy with the pitch's development thus far. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	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
	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
	Matt Waldron SP - SD			Cade Winquest SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Winquest for Matt Waldron (2026)

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