P | San Diego Padres
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 185 lbs | Age: 29
Draft: 2019 | Rd. 18, No. 550, Cleveland Indians | Nebraska
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 7 11 4.91 27 26 0 146.2 133 1.26
2025 0 1 7.71 1 1 0 4.2 3 2.57
2026 1 2 9.28 5 3 0 21.1 18 1.83
4 Seasons 9 17 5.30 41 36 0 214 185 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 27 7-11 4.91 146.2 133 1.26
2025 1 0-1 7.71 4.2 3 2.57
2026 5 1-2 9.28 21.1 18 1.83
4 Seasons 41 9-17 5.30 214 185 1.34
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
xBA xSLG wOBA xwOBA xwOBAcon HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2023 26 673 130 14 10.8 8.1 86.7 113.4 14.2 33.1 .250 .444 .328 .321 .362 38.5 17.9 6.9 4.36 4.36
2024 27 2450 440 31 7.0 5.0 88.1 113.4 16.4 33.9 .244 .413 .323 .316 .368 35.0 21.3 6.4 4.91 4.08
2025 28 104 16 2 12.5 8.0 90.0 105.8 -2.5 37.5 .346 .599 .424 .472 .478 50.0 12.0 24.0 7.71 11.19
2026 29 372 76 5 6.6 4.9 89.7 105.8 16.8 26.3 .237 .394 .440 .313 .340 39.5 17.5 6.8 9.28 3.88
Player 3599 662 52 7.9 5.6 88.0 113.4 15.5 32.9 .246 .421 .340 .321 .367 36.6 20.0 7.0
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.5 33.3 .243 .408 .315 .316 .369 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Waldron relies on 5 pitches.
Knuckleball
(28.2%) ,
Cutter
(19.9%) ,
Four Seamer
(19.4%) ,
Sinker
(16.7%) ,
Sweeper
(15.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2023 40.0 60.0 26.9 22.3 10.8 40.8 35.4 23.8 19.2 16.9 3.8 21.5 18.5 20.0
2024 39.1 60.9 28.9 22.5 9.5 38.6 40.2 21.1 19.1 16.6 3.4 19.5 23.6 17.7
2025 50.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 12.5 31.3 6.3 12.5 18.8 18.8
2026 47.4 52.6 26.3 17.1 9.2 38.2 40.8 21.1 22.4 18.4 6.6 15.8 22.4 14.5
Player 40.5 59.5 28.1 21.9 9.5 38.7 39.6 21.8 19.3 17.2 3.9 19.3 22.4 17.8
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.8 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 6.2 30.0 30.8 17.7 4.6 10.8 8.1
2024 5.5 25.7 28.6 26.6 6.4 7.0 5.0
2025 6.3 37.5 12.5 31.3 0.0 12.5 8.0
2026 6.6 31.6 23.7 17.1 14.5 6.6 4.9
Player 5.7 27.5 28.1 23.9 6.8 7.9 5.6
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 Sweeper SD R 59 81.3 36.4 -3.1 12.2GLV -2.3 5.0 -3.8 12.2GLV -1.7
2026 Cutter SD R 74 88.2 26.1 1.3 2.0GLV -0.4 8.6 0.3 2.0GLV -0.3
2026 Knuckleball SD R 105 80.6 44.5 0.0 1.7ARM 0.0 -1.9 1.5 1.7ARM -0.7
2026 4-Seam Fastball SD R 72 91.9 18.2 -2.2 7.8ARM 0.0 13.9 -2.2 7.8ARM 0.1
2026 Sinker SD R 62 91.6 23.6 -1.0 15.2ARM -0.3 8.9 -1.2 15.2ARM -0.3
2025 Sinker SD R 9 89.7 26.5 0.9 14.0ARM -0.9 7.5 -0.1 14.0ARM -1.1
2025 Sweeper SD R 3 81.0 38.1 -2.7 10.9GLV -3.0 3.5 -2.6 10.9GLV -3.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball SD R 15 90.2 20.0 -2.7 9.3ARM 2.0 13.6 -2.2 9.3ARM 1.7
2025 Knuckleball SD R 77 79.4 45.7 0.8 1.9ARM -0.2 -1.8 3.0 1.9ARM -0.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2026 Knuckleball -5.1 -5 105 28.2 31 .345 .655 .440 20.0 22.6 25.0 .256 .349 .290 40.9
2026 Cutter 3.0 2 74 19.9 16 .250 .250 .225 17.5 25.0 40.0 .125 .180 .133 8.3
2026 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -2 72 19.4 23 .286 .571 .389 22.0 17.4 12.9 .187 .298 .249 35.3
2026 Sinker -3.8 -2 62 16.7 22 .474 .789 .521 12.5 9.1 18.2 .328 .657 .442 63.2
2026 Sweeper -5.0 -3 59 15.9 11 .429 1.000 .632 9.5 9.1 6.3 .322 .642 .517 33.3
2025 Knuckleball -2.3 -2 77 74.0 16 .231 .462 .369 19.4 18.8 12.0 .276 .478 .392 40.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 0 15 14.4 3 .000 .000 .467 0.0 0.0 0.0 .310 .335 .560 100.0
2025 Sinker -9.8 -1 9 8.7 5 .750 .750 .680 0.0 0.0 0.0 .517 .619 .541 50.0
2025 Sweeper 11.2 0 3 2.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .604 2.361 1.195 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Cutter 73 88.2 53 8.1 12:30 11:30 60
2026 4-Seam Fastball 68 91.9 89 15.5 1:15 1:00 15
2026 Knuckleball 23 80.3 68 3.8 5:30 6:00 -30
2026 Sinker 60 91.7 83 17.8 1:30 2:00 -30
2026 Sweeper 55 81.2 48 13.4 8:45 9:30 -45
2025 4-Seam Fastball 15 90.2 88 16.0 1:30 1:15 15
2025 Knuckleball 20 79.2 80 4.7 6:30 6:15 15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 173 673 2 3 -3 -2 0
2024 625 2,450 11 11 -20 -11 -9
2025 25 104 1 -2 -1 -1 -3
2026 103 372 -4 -3 -1 -1 -10
Player 926 3,599 10 9 -26 10 -22
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 673 52.7 67.6 84.2 25.8 72.0 46.2 63.6 47.8 18.9 7.4 76.0
2024 2,450 50.7 65.1 83.7 25.0 67.2 43.2 62.9 45.3 20.8 8.2 82.0
2025 104 50.0 67.3 85.7 11.5 83.3 38.5 60.0 39.4 14.6 9.6 80.0
2026 372 50.8 67.7 89.1 30.6 67.9 45.7 65.0 49.5 17.4 7.3 63.0
Player 3,599 51.1 65.9 84.4 25.3 68.4 43.9 63.2 46.1 19.9 8.0 79.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.6 28.5 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2023 13 8 65
2024 15 28 8 43 7 6 71 12 11 36 75 66 79 31 71
2025
2026 2 26 1 54 14 8 37 53 6 20 78 62 50 67 77
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 23.99 9 6.8 2 1 6 3 33.3
2024 24.05 21 19.2 2 10 12 9 42.9
2025 21.05 1 1.4 0 0 2 0 0.0
2026 22.67 5 4.3 1 1 5 1 20.0
Player 23.76 36 31.8 4 12 25 13 36.1
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 9 5 5 5 7 5 8 5 7 5 8 7 5 6 9 7 7 6 7 9 7 8 9 8 6 5 8 7 8 9 7
2024 21 18 17 19 19 21 22 20 15 16 19 23 19 18 19 16 17 16 20 26 22 17 25 21 17 18 18 20 21 20 18
2025 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
2026 5 5 3 2 4 6 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 4 5 6 4 4 7 6 2 2 4 6 6 4 4
Player 36 29 25 27 31 34 35 31 28 26 32 35 30 31 35 28 29 28 33 42 35 29 43 37 27 26 31 35 37 35 31
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023
Results
BA .348 +.032 .316 +.061 .255 +.011 .244
xBA .237 -.109 .346 +.102 .244 -.006 .250
OBP .402 -.078 .480 +.165 .315 +.020 .295
xOBP .306 -.197 .503 +.197 .306 +.005 .301
SLG .620 +.146 .474 +.044 .430 -.051 .481
xSLG .394 -.205 .599 +.186 .413 -.031 .444
ISO .272 +.114 .158 -.016 .174 -.063 .237
xISO .157 -.096 .253 +.083 .170 -.025 .195
BABIP .386 +.053 .333 +.036 .297 +.049 .248
wOBA .440 +.016 .424 +.101 .323 -.005 .328
xwOBA .313 -.159 .472 +.156 .316 -.005 .321
wOBAcon .514 +.111 .403 +.025 .378 +.006 .372
xwOBAcon .340 -.138 .478 +.110 .368 +.006 .362
BACON .427 +.052 .375 +.044 .331 +.031 .300
xBACON .296 -.115 .411 +.094 .317 +.009 .308
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 39.5 -10.5 50.0 +15.0 35.0 -3.5 38.5
Avg Exit Velocity 89.7 -0.3 90.0 +1.9 88.1 +1.4 86.7
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 26.3 -11.2 37.5 +3.6 33.9 +0.8 33.1
Barrel % 6.6 -5.9 12.5 +5.5 7.0 -3.8 10.8
Avg Launch Angle 16.8 +19.3 -2.5 -18.9 16.4 +2.2 14.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.4 -1.4 72.8 +1.3 71.5 -0.4 71.9
Attack Angle 10° -2° 12° +1° 11° +1° 10°
Ideal Attack Angle % 49.0 +1.8 47.2 -6.5 53.7 +0.2 53.5
Attack Direction -1° +6° -6° -4° -2° -1° -1°
Swing Path - Tilt 33° 33° +1° 32° 32°
Swing Length 7.1 -0.3 7.4 +0.1 7.3 +0.2 7.1
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 90.5 +0.5 90.0 +0.3 89.7 -0.5 90.2
Breaking Velocity 80.8 +1.3 79.5 +1.3 78.2 +0.4 77.8
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 5 +3 2 -29 31 +17 14
Popup % 9.2 +9.2 0.0 -9.5 9.5 -1.3 10.8
Flyball % 26.3 +1.3 25.0 -3.9 28.9 +2.0 26.9
Line Drive % 17.1 -7.9 25.0 +2.5 22.5 +0.2 22.3
Groundball % 47.4 -2.6 50.0 +10.9 39.1 -0.9 40.0
Pull % 38.2 +13.2 25.0 -13.6 38.6 -2.2 40.8
Straight Away % 40.8 -9.2 50.0 +9.8 40.2 +4.8 35.4
Opposite Field % 21.1 -3.9 25.0 +3.9 21.1 -2.7 23.8
Weak Contact % 6.6 +0.3 6.3 +0.8 5.5 -0.7 6.2
Pull Airball % 15.8 +3.3 12.5 -7.0 19.5 -2.0 21.5
Topped Contact % 31.6 -5.9 37.5 +11.8 25.7 -4.3 30.0
Under Contact % 23.7 +11.2 12.5 -16.1 28.6 -2.2 30.8
Flare/Burner Contact % 17.1 -14.2 31.3 +4.7 26.6 +8.9 17.7
Solid Contact % 14.5 +14.5 0.0 -6.4 6.4 +1.8 4.6
HR/FB % 25.0 0.0 25.0 +8.5 16.5 -9.2 25.7
Popups 7 +7 0 -42 42 +28 14
Flyballs 20 +16 4 -123 127 +92 35
Line Drives 13 +9 4 -95 99 +70 29
Groundballs 36 +28 8 -164 172 +120 52
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 50.8 +0.8 50.0 -0.7 50.7 -2.0 52.7
Out of Zone % 49.2 -0.8 50.0 +0.7 49.3 +2.0 47.3
Edge % 45.7 +7.2 38.5 -4.7 43.2 -3.0 46.2
Zone Swing % 67.7 +0.4 67.3 +2.2 65.1 -2.5 67.6
Out of Zone Swing % 30.6 +19.1 11.5 -13.5 25.0 -0.8 25.8
In Zone Contact % 89.1 +3.4 85.7 +2.0 83.7 -0.5 84.2
Out of Zone Contact % 67.9 -15.4 83.3 +16.1 67.2 -4.8 72.0
Whiff % 17.4 +2.8 14.6 -6.2 20.8 +1.9 18.9
First Strike % 65.0 +5.0 60.0 -2.9 62.9 -0.7 63.6
First Pitch Swing % 38.8 -5.2 44.0 +16.5 27.5 -5.4 32.9
Swing % 49.5 +10.1 39.4 -5.9 45.3 -2.5 47.8
Meatball Swing % 63.0 -17.0 80.0 -2.0 82.0 +6.0 76.0
Meatball % 7.3 -2.3 9.6 +1.4 8.2 +0.8 7.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 10.9 -3.4 14.3 -2.0 16.3 +0.5 15.8
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 32.1 +15.4 16.7 -16.1 32.8 +4.8 28.0
In Zone 189 +137 52 -1,191 1,243 +888 355
Out of Zone 183 +131 52 -1,155 1,207 +889 318
Edge 170 +130 40 -1,019 1,059 +748 311
In Zone Swings 128 +93 35 -774 809 +569 240
Out of Zone Swings 56 +50 6 -296 302 +220 82
In Zone Swing & Misses 14 +9 5 -127 132 +94 38
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 18 +17 1 -98 99 +76 23
Basic
Pitches 372 +268 104 -2,346 2,450 +1,777 673
PA 103 +78 25 -600 625 +452 173
AB 92 +73 19 -549 568 +408 160
Hits 32 +26 6 -139 145 +106 39
Singles 19 +14 5 -85 90 +69 21
Doubles 6 +6 0 -32 32 +25 7
Triples 2 +2 0 -2 2 0 2
Home Runs 5 +4 1 -20 21 +12 9
Walks 7 +1 6 -34 40 +28 12
Strikeouts 18 +15 3 -130 133 +102 31
K% 17.5 +5.5 12.0 -9.3 21.3 +3.4 17.9
BB% 6.8 -17.2 24.0 +17.6 6.4 -0.5 6.9
HBP 2 +2 0 -11 11 +11 0
Batted Balls 76 +60 16 -424 440 +310 130
Number of Fastballs 208 +184 24 -1,004 1,028 +643 385
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of Breaking 164 +84 80 -1,342 1,422 +1,134 288
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 173 .328 88 0 0.0 85 38 44.7
2024 Shades 623 .325 302 6 2.0 321 188 58.6
2025 Shades 25 .424 12 0 0.0 13 11 84.6
2026 Shades 103 .440 44 0 0.0 59 46 78.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 215 15.2 47.0% 0.0% 90 23.2 0.0% 2.2%
2024 752 16.4 33.0% 0.4% 369 22.5 0.0% 2.7%
2025 37 17.4 24.3% 0.0% 10 19.7 0.0% 0.0%
2026 86 16.1 30.2% 1.2% 49 22.6 0.0% 4.1%

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Pitch Distribution