Who Should I Trade?

Jaxon Wiggins for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 762	# 1029

Projections

Strikeouts	17	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	4.45
WHIP	1.42	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP - SD	Jaxon Wiggins SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	26.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	7.52	‐

WHIP	1.63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Waldron SP - SD	Jaxon Wiggins SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	9

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	21.0	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	2

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	17	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.79	4.45

WHIP	1.42	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP - SD	Jaxon Wiggins SP - CHC
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sessions and facing live hitters. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Jaxon Wiggins has begun throwing bullpen sessions. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said Jaxon Wiggins has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	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 Cubs have returned right-handed prospect Jaxon Wiggins to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 8th
	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 - SD			Jaxon Wiggins SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jaxon Wiggins for Matt Waldron (2026)

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