Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for River Ryan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 808	# 947

Projections

Strikeouts	17	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.88	4.23
WHIP	1.43	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 372

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	River Ryan SP - LAD
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	River Ryan SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	4

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	20.6	8.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	7

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.88	4.23

WHIP	1.43	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	River Ryan SP - LAD
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Dodgers’ pitching prospect River Ryan is being placed on the Triple-A injured list due to a hamstring issue. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said River Ryan is a possible replacement for Blake Snell in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	River Ryan is scheduled to start his first game since April 11th on Friday for Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
	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	The Dodgers have optioned right-hander River Ryan to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 20th
	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	River Ryan told reporters he’s added 25 pounds over the last five months during his rehab process from Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sat, Jan 31st
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			River Ryan SP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ NYY
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SF
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for River Ryan (2026)

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