Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Mitchell Parker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	# 386
VBR	# 737	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.78	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	# 456

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	22

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	30.2	39.2

Wins	1	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	5

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	40	45

Earned Runs	25	29

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	27	34

Walks	8	13

ERA	7.34	6.58

WHIP	1.57	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	17.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.78	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Nationals manager Blake Butera said Mitchell Parker will most likely need Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The Nationals placed LHP Mitchell Parker on the 15-Day Injured List with elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	Mitchell Parker allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Tuesday's win over the Guardians. Jesse Garcia Wed, May 27th
	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	Mikolas has lasted a combined 7.1 innings over his last two starts, and Parker was recalled Tuesday to provide bullpen length behind him. Parker has a 16:3 K:BB across 13.1 innings in three Triple-A starts this season, though his ERA sits at 6.08. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 14th
	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	Mitchell Parker has been optioned to Triple-A Rochester's roster. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Mar 13th
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			Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Mitchell Parker (2026)

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