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Matt Waldron
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Number
- #56
- Born
- September 26, 1996 in Omaha, NE, United States
- MLB debut
- June 24, 2023
- Drafted
- 2019, round 18
- College
- Nebraska
- High school
- Westside
- dbWAR
- 1.2 Regular season, 4 season(s)
- IP
- 42.2
- ERA
- 6.54
- FIP
- 4.60
- K/9
- 7.0
- FIP−
- 110 100 = avg
Matt Waldron is a relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2026 he struck out 33 batters over 42.2 innings across 17 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 6.54 was 56.4% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 511th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.60 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.8% of swings (8.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.0%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 107 | 97 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 21 | .340 | .383 | .629 | .427 | 19.6% |
| vs RHB | 87 | 80 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .300 | .337 | .388 | .322 | 13.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Matt Waldron throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Knuckle Ball | 208 | 80.5 | 310 | 42.8% | 21.0% | 56 | .304 | .822 | |
| Cutter | 145 | 87.9 | 2,134 | 49.0% | 16.3% | 37 | .297 | .632 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 123 | 92.0 | 2,062 | 45.5% | 20.0% | 31 | .323 | 1.045 | |
| Sinker | 113 | 91.5 | 2,005 | 46.9% | 17.5% | 33 | .394 | .992 | |
| Sweeper | 101 | 80.9 | 2,222 | 42.6% | 10.0% | 21 | .286 | 1.019 |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.