Matt Waldron

#61 - Starting Pitcher

San Diego Padres

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	9/26/1996 (28)
Height, Weight	6'2", 185 lb
Hometown	Omaha, NE

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	7-11	142.2	4.79	1.24	21.6%	6.6%

	86^th 7 W	74^th 116 IP	143^rd 4.33 ERA	85^th 1.29 WHIP	92^nd 21.8% K%	66^th 7.7% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	90.6	9.5%	28.3%	49.5%	6.3%	5.15	3.16

	185^th 93.5 FB MPH	168^th 11.7% SwStr%	85^th 28.0% CSW%	66^th - Str-ICR	104^th - MTK%	84^th 5.12 PLV	93^rd - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	QS	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2023	SD	8	6	41.1	1-3	1	4.35	1.23	4.09	5.47	4.78	3.60	17.9%	6.9%	8.5	1.96	.248	18.8%	80.7%	31.5%	40.8%	9.1%	25.9%	0.42	5.09
2024	SD	27	26	146.2	7-11	10	4.91	1.26	4.21	4.26	4.38	3.20	21.3%	6.4%	8.9	1.29	.297	12.2%	67.2%	39.8%	40.8%	9.4%	28.2%	0.49	5.15
SP MLB Percentile		59	59	61	50-10	58	27	54	54	55	36	52	52	64	43	50	41	70	16	38	40	14	54	53	56
SP MLB AVG		22	22	116.0	7-7	9	4.33	1.29	4.27	4.28	4.23	3.15	21.8%	7.7%	8.6	1.26	.290	14.0%	72.3%	38.6%	43.3%	11.7%	28.0%	0.49	5.12
Career		35	32	188.0	8-14	11	4.79	1.26	-	-	-	3.29	20.6%	6.5%	8.8	1.44	.286	13.6%	69.8%	37.9%	40.8%	9.3%	27.7%	0.47	5.13

Repertoire

Knuckleball | 38%
Sweeper | 20%
Four-Seamer | 19%
Sinker | 14%
Cutter | 9%
Slider | 0%
All

2023 2024 All

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2023	26.9%	76.6	44.8%	24.0%	55.8%	10.5%	13.3%	23.8%	48.1%	46.4%	42.9%	25.0%	16.7%	.242	.231	-4	1.6	11.6%	4.95
2024	38.2%	77.6	42.6%	25.0%	57.2%	12.1%	13.4%	25.5%	44.6%	44.5%	34.3%	42.8%	14.9%	.246	.331	+1	13.1	7.9%	4.99
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-
SP MLB AVG	38.2%	77.6	42.5%	25.1%	57.4%	12.1%	13.7%	25.7%	44.7%	43.9%	34.8%	42.9%	15.2%	.250	.336	+2	12.1	7.9%	5.01

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2023	.190	.247	.168	.291	-	7.1%	25.0%	83.5	81.6	13.9	2.5	-1.8	-1.4	5.6	6.3	328
2024	.222	.271	.306	.352	-	4.4%	42.8%	85.2	84.0	12.9	3.6	-2.2	-1.1	5.6	6.5	256
SP MLB Percentile	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-
SP MLB AVG	.221	.266	.305	.351	-	3.8%	42.9%	85.0	84.0	13.0	3.6	-2.2	-1.1	5.6	6.5	256

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2023	181	33	101	80	4	2	0	2	8	12	7	5	0	0
2024	935	223	535	399	34	9	0	7	50	64	59	68	6	10
SP MLB Percentile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	0
SP MLB AVG	901	214	517	383	33	9	0	7	49	63	57	66	6	8

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2023	46.4%	10.7%	42.9%	21.4%	53.6%	14.3%	32.1%	10.7%	7.1%	7.1%	28.6%	-	74.9%	25.0%
2024	44.5%	21.2%	34.3%	8.8%	47.8%	35.5%	16.7%	33.6%	5.1%	4.4%	35.8%	-	57.0%	42.8%
SP MLB Percentile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0
SP MLB AVG	43.9%	21.2%	34.8%	8.3%	47.4%	35.3%	17.3%	34.1%	5.3%	3.8%	36.4%	-	56.8%	42.9%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2023	.242	.304	.231	.286	-4	.190	.247	.168	.291	83.5	81.6	13.9	16.7
2024	.246	.303	.331	.365	+1	.222	.271	.306	.352	85.2	84.0	12.9	14.9
SP MLB Percentile	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	0	0
SP MLB AVG	.250	.305	.336	.371	+2	.221	.266	.305	.351	85.0	84.0	13.0	15.2

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2023	44.8%	55.8%	42.5%	24.0%	24.7%	16.6%	75.3%	77.4%	70.8%	13.3%	10.5%	23.8%	27.7%	15.5%	51.4%	0.28	48.1%
2024	42.6%	57.2%	43.9%	25.0%	27.6%	17.0%	72.4%	78.3%	60.4%	13.4%	12.1%	25.5%	25.8%	14.8%	51.9%	0.36	44.6%
SP MLB Percentile	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
SP MLB AVG	42.5%	57.4%	43.7%	25.1%	27.7%	16.9%	72.3%	78.0%	60.8%	13.7%	12.1%	25.7%	-	-	51.9%	0.37	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2023	44.8%	53.0%	18.2%	28.7%	30.9%	25.4%	43.6%	30.9%	50.8%	3.9%
2024	42.6%	46.6%	22.4%	31.0%	22.4%	25.1%	52.5%	30.3%	47.4%	6.6%
SP MLB Percentile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP MLB AVG	42.5%	47.1%	22.2%	30.7%	22.4%	26.0%	51.6%	30.6%	47.2%	6.9%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2023	66.9%	4.4%	28.7%	11.6%	53.5%	46.5%	17.4%	15.4%	9.6%
2024	61.9%	2.8%	35.3%	12.1%	51.8%	42.5%	18.3%	21.2%	20.6%
SP MLB Percentile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP MLB AVG	62.7%	2.8%	34.5%	12.4%	51.8%	42.4%	18.6%	21.5%	21.2%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2023	76.6	6.3	3.7	-5.3	10.6	-8.4	-2.0	328	4.95
2024	77.6	6.5	5.8	-6.0	11.5	-8.6	-1.9	256	4.99
SP MLB Percentile	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
SP MLB AVG	77.6	6.5	-	-	-	-	-	256	5.01

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2023	181	4.95	3.99	42.5%	17.7%	39.8%	2.8%	1.6	-4
2024	935	4.99	3.67	44.9%	16.5%	38.7%	6.2%	13.1	+1
SP MLB Percentile	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP MLB AVG	901	5.01	1.69	44.9%	16.6%	38.6%	6.3%	12.1	+2

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	19.8%	79.3	50.8%	22.2%	66.5%	7.8%	27.6%	35.4%	54.1%	32.9%	52.4%	36.6%	9.3%	.227	.231	+22	2.8	0.0%	5.64
SP MLB Percentile	67	15	89	14	81	17	98	85	76	48	76	43	52	42	65	18	49	-	88
SP MLB AVG	15.6%	81.6	39.6%	30.9%	59.7%	13.6%	14.6%	28.2%	48.1%	32.9%	41.8%	37.6%	12.2%	.221	.283	+12	4.1	0.0%	5.59

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	.251	.336	.255	.362	-	4.9%	36.6%	88.7	88.0	24.5	-7.1	2.5	-1.4	5.4	6.7	2,188
SP MLB Percentile	21	17	42	38	-	52	43	13	35	29	53	82	49	28	71	6
SP MLB AVG	.209	.272	.262	.359	-	8.0%	37.6%	85.5	86.4	19.6	-6.9	0.7	-1.0	5.5	6.4	2,513

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	486	107	323	163	9	8	1	4	22	31	30	16	9	0
SP MLB Percentile	87	81	90	17	27	1	3	7	15	-	-	59	2	36
SP MLB AVG	211	55	131	81	7	2	0	2	11	15	12	16	2	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	32.9%	14.6%	52.4%	13.4%	45.1%	41.5%	13.4%	20.7%	11.0%	4.9%	31.7%	-	63.4%	36.6%
SP MLB Percentile	48	80	76	50	31	77	29	56	14	52	71	-	-	43
SP MLB AVG	32.9%	25.3%	41.8%	13.7%	49.6%	32.4%	18.0%	22.2%	6.2%	8.0%	38.9%	-	63.6%	37.6%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	.227	.317	.231	.268	+22	.251	.336	.255	.362	88.7	88.0	24.5	9.3
SP MLB Percentile	42	29	65	65	18	21	17	42	38	13	35	29	52
SP MLB AVG	.221	.283	.283	.322	+12	.209	.272	.262	.359	85.5	86.4	19.6	12.2

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	50.8%	66.5%	38.9%	22.2%	20.1%	14.2%	79.9%	86.0%	64.2%	27.6%	7.8%	35.4%	25.4%	16.9%	61.9%	0.70	54.1%
SP MLB Percentile	89	81	21	14	16	37	16	39	19	98	17	85	52	42	87	17	76
SP MLB AVG	39.6%	59.7%	45.1%	30.9%	30.0%	14.9%	70.0%	84.1%	50.1%	14.6%	13.6%	28.2%	-	-	54.4%	0.43	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	50.8%	31.7%	22.2%	46.1%	17.1%	31.3%	51.6%	13.4%	64.4%	7.8%
SP MLB Percentile	89	89	74	11	56	87	24	19	64	82
SP MLB AVG	39.6%	19.9%	19.2%	60.9%	16.9%	22.7%	60.4%	20.8%	59.9%	5.8%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	60.5%	19.1%	20.4%	13.6%	71.8%	59.7%	35.4%	23.2%	16.2%
SP MLB Percentile	64	2	2	53	90	77	94	21	38
SP MLB AVG	56.3%	5.4%	38.3%	13.8%	58.3%	48.6%	20.9%	27.9%	19.0%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	79.3	6.7	-13.7	2.7	14.3	-7.3	-0.7	2,188	5.64
SP MLB Percentile	15	71	46	83	44	77	57	6	88
SP MLB AVG	81.6	6.4	-	-	-	-	-	2,513	5.59

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	486	5.64	1.67	71.6%	28.4%	0.0%	71.6%	2.8	+22
SP MLB Percentile	87	88	-	91	8	1	1	49	18
SP MLB AVG	211	5.59	0.20	59.6%	40.4%	0.0%	59.6%	4.1	+12

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2023	20.7%	91.3	44.6%	26.0%	60.4%	9.4%	16.5%	25.9%	48.9%	38.1%	33.3%	38.1%	28.6%	.286	.316	0	1.9	12.2%	4.71
2024	19.1%	90.6	48.1%	33.7%	67.9%	11.3%	17.3%	28.6%	51.7%	35.7%	42.9%	45.2%	16.7%	.265	.325	+4	4.1	11.3%	4.73
SP MLB Percentile	9	8	27	87	61	70	49	69	45	64	48	25	53	62	37	56	68	-	19
SP MLB AVG	37.6%	93.5	50.9%	26.3%	65.7%	9.6%	17.6%	27.2%	51.6%	34.0%	42.6%	42.0%	13.2%	.259	.295	+1	-	6.9%	4.96

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2023	.259	.379	.278	.445	-	19.0%	38.1%	90.9	85.9	19.4	4.9	8.9	-1.6	5.5	6.6	2,047
2024	.255	.338	.312	.428	-	10.7%	45.2%	89.8	88.8	19.2	5.6	8.1	-1.3	5.4	6.7	2,055
SP MLB Percentile	59	71	25	45	-	56	25	69	62	56	68	20	46	12	65	7
SP MLB AVG	.256	.350	.286	.395	-	9.8%	42.0%	90.8	88.8	19.9	4.8	9.1	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,260

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2023	139	32	84	55	3	2	1	2	8	13	8	7	4	0
2024	468	128	318	150	15	9	1	6	31	44	38	34	9	1
SP MLB Percentile	44	48	45	58	58	30	44	51	53	-	-	60	66	39
SP MLB AVG	636	157	424	212	21	7	1	6	35	48	43	34	16	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2023	38.1%	28.6%	33.3%	9.5%	33.3%	28.6%	38.1%	14.3%	4.8%	19.0%	28.6%	-	61.9%	38.1%
2024	35.7%	21.4%	42.9%	11.9%	32.1%	34.5%	33.3%	31.0%	3.6%	10.7%	36.9%	-	54.8%	45.2%
SP MLB Percentile	64	64	48	46	70	38	39	8	88	56	79	-	-	25
SP MLB AVG	34.0%	23.5%	42.6%	13.7%	30.8%	35.8%	33.4%	24.4%	7.9%	9.8%	37.9%	-	57.9%	42.0%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2023	.286	.422	.316	.381	0	.259	.379	.278	.445	90.9	85.9	19.4	28.6
2024	.265	.357	.325	.373	+4	.255	.338	.312	.428	89.8	88.8	19.2	16.7
SP MLB Percentile	62	70	37	42	56	59	71	25	45	69	62	56	53
SP MLB AVG	.259	.345	.295	.335	+1	.256	.350	.286	.395	90.8	88.8	19.9	13.2

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2023	44.6%	60.4%	43.9%	26.0%	21.3%	19.4%	78.7%	85.4%	65.0%	16.5%	9.4%	25.9%	25.0%	15.1%	54.7%	0.42	48.9%
2024	48.1%	67.9%	50.6%	33.7%	22.4%	21.4%	77.6%	82.6%	68.3%	17.3%	11.3%	28.6%	26.4%	17.9%	61.3%	0.57	51.7%
SP MLB Percentile	27	61	59	87	74