Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Rodriguez for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eduardo Rodriguez SP - ARI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 97	‐
VBR	# 378	# 769

Projections

Strikeouts	52	14
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.79
WHIP	1.41	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 187	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 45	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eduardo Rodriguez SP - ARI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	20	3

Innings Pitched	116.2	30.2

Wins	8	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	101	40

Earned Runs	34	25

Home Runs Allowed	12	7

Strikeouts	82	27

Walks	41	8

ERA	2.62	7.34

WHIP	1.22	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eduardo Rodriguez SP - ARI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	2

Innings Pitched	64.7	17.6

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	18

Earned Runs	33	9

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	52	14

Walks	24	6

ERA	4.55	4.79

WHIP	1.41	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eduardo Rodriguez SP - ARI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Eduardo Rodriguez allowed five runs on seven hits over 2 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and two in a no-decision on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Eduardo Rodriguez allowed two runs on seven hits over six innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a win on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Eduardo Rodriguez allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Eduardo Rodriguez allowed one run on five hits over seven innings with one strikeout in a win on Monday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Eduardo Rodriguez scattered three hits and three walks while striking out five over 6.2 scoreless innings in Tuesday's no-decision versus the Cardinals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Eduardo Rodriguez SP - ARI			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#180	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Rodriguez for Matt Waldron (2026)

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