Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	‐
VBR	# 622	# 769

Projections

Strikeouts	19	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	4.79
WHIP	1.43	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 123	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 252	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	54.0	28.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	37

Earned Runs	27	24

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	34	27

Walks	12	8

ERA	4.50	7.53

WHIP	1.24	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	12

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	27.8	17.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	18

Earned Runs	14	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	19	14

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.57	4.79

WHIP	1.43	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Stephen Kolek allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out zero over two innings in Thursday's loss to the Rays. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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