Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Matt Waldron SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 280	# 762

Projections

Strikeouts	62	17
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.79
WHIP	1.36	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 126	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Matt Waldron SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	7

Games Started	19	3

Innings Pitched	111.2	26.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	111	35

Earned Runs	50	22

Home Runs Allowed	9	5

Strikeouts	99	25

Walks	42	8

ERA	4.03	7.52

WHIP	1.37	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Matt Waldron SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	2

Innings Pitched	67.7	21.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	22

Earned Runs	33	11

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	62	17

Walks	25	7

ERA	4.36	4.79

WHIP	1.36	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Matt Waldron SP - SD
News
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on seven hits and no walks while striking out nine over 4.2 innings in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he at least kept the Orioles within shouting distance before the bullpen and bats failed to cooperate. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Shane Baz fought the zone but mostly kept the damage contained, though the lack of efficiency and run support led to a no-decision. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Thursday's loss to the Mariners. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 19th	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
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Matt Waldron SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Shane Baz (2026)

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