Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	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	# 14	‐
VBR	# 67	# 741

Projections

Strikeouts	89	16
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.46	4.75
WHIP	1.22	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	8

Games Started	18	3

Innings Pitched	104.1	28.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	37

Earned Runs	31	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	155	27

Walks	45	8

ERA	2.67	7.53

WHIP	1.14	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	2

Innings Pitched	68.7	19.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	19

Earned Runs	26	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	89	16

Walks	27	7

ERA	3.46	4.75

WHIP	1.22	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits across six innings while taking the loss against the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Dylan Cease allowed four earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out 10 over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ARI
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Matt Waldron (2026)

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