Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 746	# 807

Projections

Strikeouts	15	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.56	4.88
WHIP	1.43	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 294	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	8

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	51.2	28.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	48	37

Earned Runs	26	24

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	42	27

Walks	19	8

ERA	4.53	7.53

WHIP	1.30	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	18.3	20.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	21

Earned Runs	9	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	15	17

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.56	4.88

WHIP	1.43	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Ryan Watson (2026)

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