Who Should I Trade?

George Klassen for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 762	# 889

Projections

Strikeouts	17	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	4.74
WHIP	1.42	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP - SD	George Klassen SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	2

Games Started	3	2

Innings Pitched	26.1	4.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	7

Earned Runs	22	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	25	6

Walks	8	10

ERA	7.52	11.57

WHIP	1.63	3.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Waldron SP - SD	George Klassen SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	2	2

Innings Pitched	21.0	15.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	15

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	17	14

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.79	4.74

WHIP	1.42	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP - SD	George Klassen SP - LAA
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Angels optioned RHP George Klassen to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	George Klassen left Saturday’s start against the Reds with a right index fingernail contusion. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	George Klassen lasted just 2.2 innings in his major league debut on Sunday after allowing two runs on three hits while walking five and striking out four. The Angels went on to defeat the Mariners, 8-7, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sun, Apr 5th
	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	The Angels selected the contract of RHP George Klassen from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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	The Angels have reassigned right-hander George Klassen to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Waldron SP - SD			George Klassen SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

George Klassen for Matt Waldron (2026)

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