Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Riley Gowens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 741	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.75	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

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


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	28.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	37	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	7.53	‐

WHIP	1.57	‐

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


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	19.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.75	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	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
	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
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD			Riley Gowens SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Riley Gowens (2026)

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