Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Riley Cornelio (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 749	# 843

Projections

Strikeouts	11	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	4.80
WHIP	1.42	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

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


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	32.2	19.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	17

Earned Runs	26	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	28	19

Walks	8	17

ERA	7.16	5.59

WHIP	1.56	1.76

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


Games Played	11	19

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	13.6	19.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	14	19

Earned Runs	7	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	11	18

Walks	5	10

ERA	4.71	4.80

WHIP	1.42	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Padres designated RHP Matt Waldron for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Riley Cornelio was recalled by the Nationals on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Nationals optioned RHP Riley Cornelio to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The Nationals recalled Riley Cornelio from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	The Nationals optioned RHP Riley Cornelio to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	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	Riley Cornelio will be called up to make his MLB debut against the White Sox on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Apr 23rd
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			Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
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 (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
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 Riley Cornelio (2026)

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