Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 225	‐
VBR	# 371	# 741

Projections

Strikeouts	47	16
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.75
WHIP	1.40	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 254	# 297

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


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	8	3

Innings Pitched	35.0	28.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	37

Earned Runs	33	24

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	27	27

Walks	17	8

ERA	8.49	7.53

WHIP	1.80	1.57

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


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	49.4	19.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	19

Earned Runs	25	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	47	16

Walks	18	7

ERA	4.52	4.75

WHIP	1.40	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over four innings in a loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Grayson Rodriguez will start on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Angels activated RHP Grayson Rodriguez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Grayson Rodriguez is expected to return for Friday's series opener against the Twins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ARI
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, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Matt Waldron (2026)

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