Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 374	# 741

Projections

Strikeouts	53	16
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.70	4.75
WHIP	1.39	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	8

Games Started	17	3

Innings Pitched	98.2	28.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	37

Earned Runs	57	24

Home Runs Allowed	21	6

Strikeouts	62	27

Walks	40	8

ERA	5.20	7.53

WHIP	1.49	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	2

Innings Pitched	68.4	19.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	70	19

Earned Runs	36	10

Home Runs Allowed	11	3

Strikeouts	53	16

Walks	23	7

ERA	4.70	4.75

WHIP	1.39	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on five hits over five innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#188	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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