Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 741	# 811

Projections

Strikeouts	16	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.75	4.29
WHIP	1.41	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	# 482

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


Games Played	8	17

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	28.2	16.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	37	14

Earned Runs	24	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	27	14

Walks	8	7

ERA	7.53	3.31

WHIP	1.57	1.29

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


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	9.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	9

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	16	9

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.75	4.29

WHIP	1.41	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. 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 Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 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	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Waldron for Zack Kelly (2026)

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