Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 38	‐
VBR	# 141	# 991

Projections

Strikeouts	53	5
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	4.72
WHIP	1.18	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	10

Games Started	22	3

Innings Pitched	127.2	32.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	108	43

Earned Runs	53	26

Home Runs Allowed	24	7

Strikeouts	119	28

Walks	29	8

ERA	3.74	7.16

WHIP	1.07	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	7

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	56.6	5.7

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	6

Earned Runs	26	3

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	53	5

Walks	13	2

ERA	4.10	4.72

WHIP	1.18	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out six across 6.2 innings in Friday's 2-0 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	The Padres designated RHP Matt Waldron for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Shota Imanaga allowed no runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four across six innings in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Shota Imanaga allowed six hits and one walk while striking out four over seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 10-1 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Shota Imanaga allowed one run on seven hits and a walk while striking out five across five innings in Friday's 4-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight across 4.2 innings in Saturday's 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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