Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Sam Aldegheri (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 799	# 1102

Projections

Strikeouts	13	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.91	5.25
WHIP	1.44	1.58

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	# 446

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	3	6

Innings Pitched	32.2	33.2

Wins	1	3

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	31

Earned Runs	26	19

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	28	22

Walks	8	17

ERA	7.16	5.08

WHIP	1.56	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	2	2

Innings Pitched	16.2	18.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	20

Earned Runs	9	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	13	14

Walks	6	9

ERA	4.91	5.25

WHIP	1.44	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Sam Aldegheri has been optioned to the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 6th
	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Sam Aldegheri allowed three earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out two over four innings in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	Sam Aldegheri allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Sam Aldegheri lasted just 4.2 innings on Monday and was charged with five runs on five hits - including two home runs - in a 6-1 loss to Baltimore. David Leisering Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Sam Aldegheri allowed six runs on six hits, walked three, and struck out in just three innings as the Angels dropped an 8-1 decision to the Diamondbacks. David Leisering Wed, Jun 17th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD			Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU

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Matt Waldron for Sam Aldegheri (2026)

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