Who Should I Trade?

Jared Lyons for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 803	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.91	‐
WHIP	1.44	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	32.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	7.16	‐

WHIP	1.56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	16.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.91	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. 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
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	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
	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
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD			Jared Lyons SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Lyons for Matt Waldron (2026)

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