Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Braun for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 799	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.91	5.08
WHIP	1.44	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
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	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	16.2	2.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	3

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	2

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.91	5.08

WHIP	1.44	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
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			Lucas Braun SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Braun for Matt Waldron (2026)

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