Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	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	# 123	‐
VBR	# 351	# 737

Projections

Strikeouts	51	14
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.78
WHIP	1.38	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 103	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	9

Games Started	12	3

Innings Pitched	62.2	30.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	40

Earned Runs	32	25

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	50	27

Walks	27	8

ERA	4.60	7.34

WHIP	1.45	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	10	2

Innings Pitched	53.2	17.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	17

Earned Runs	26	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	51	14

Walks	16	6

ERA	4.47	4.78

WHIP	1.38	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Nick Lodolo exited Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning due to a blister on his left index finger. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while earning the win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th				vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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