Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 8	‐
VBR	# 57	# 921

Projections

Strikeouts	66	5
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.14	4.65
WHIP	1.15	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	10

Games Started	20	3

Innings Pitched	117.0	32.2

Wins	12	1

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	43

Earned Runs	27	26

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	143	28

Walks	26	8

ERA	2.08	7.16

WHIP	1.02	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	7

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	54.1	5.4

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	6

Earned Runs	19	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	66	5

Walks	14	2

ERA	3.14	4.65

WHIP	1.15	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Padres designated RHP Matt Waldron for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Chris Sale allowed only two hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday night's 1-0 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	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
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
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?

Chris Sale for Matt Waldron (2026)

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