Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 735	# 669

Projections

Strikeouts	16	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.75	4.02
WHIP	1.41	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	28.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	37	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	7.53	‐

WHIP	1.57	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	6

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	19.1	9.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	9

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	16	10

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.75	4.02

WHIP	1.41	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Clarke Schmidt continues to throw bullpen sessions and is expected to begin facing hitters sometime in July. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	Clarke Schmidt threw a bullpen session on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to face live hitters by the end of June. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Clarke Schmidt threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
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			Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Matt Waldron (2026)

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