Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 299
VBR	# 807	# 441

Projections

Strikeouts	17	41
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.88	5.04
WHIP	1.43	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	6

Games Started	3	6

Innings Pitched	28.2	22.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	27

Earned Runs	24	25

Home Runs Allowed	6	9

Strikeouts	27	14

Walks	8	11

ERA	7.53	10.23

WHIP	1.57	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	2	8

Innings Pitched	20.6	46.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	46

Earned Runs	11	26

Home Runs Allowed	3	10

Strikeouts	17	41

Walks	7	15

ERA	4.88	5.04

WHIP	1.43	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Max Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
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			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Max Scherzer (2026)

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