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 0 1 12.46 2 2 0 8.2 7 2.31
4 Seasons 8 16 5.19 38 35 0 201.1 174 1.33
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 2 0-1 12.46 8.2 7 2.31
4 Seasons 38 8-16 5.19 201.1 174 1.33
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 29 163 35 2 5.7 4.3 86.9 104.8 20.5 28.6 .266 .424 .499 .341 .356 34.3 14.9 8.5 12.46 4.70
Player 3390 621 49 7.9 5.6 87.8 113.4 15.7 33.5 .248 .424 .337 .323 .369 36.1 20.0 7.1
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .243 .408 .316 .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
(31.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(21.5%) ,
Sweeper
(19.6%) ,
Cutter
(18.4%) ,
Sinker
(9.2%) ,


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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 42.9 57.1 20.0 25.7 11.4 31.4 48.6 20.0 11.4 22.9 8.6 20.0 25.7 11.4
Player 39.8 60.2 27.9 22.7 9.7 38.3 39.9 21.7 18.5 17.4 3.9 19.8 22.5 17.9
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.7 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 8.6 25.7 22.9 20.0 17.1 5.7 4.3
Player 5.8 26.9 28.3 24.5 6.4 7.9 5.6
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 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 32 81.4 37.3 -2.1 11.7GLV -2.7 3.9 -2.6 11.7GLV -2.2
2026 Cutter SD R 30 88.1 26.8 0.8 2.2GLV -0.1 7.7 -0.5 2.2GLV -0.1
2026 Knuckleball SD R 51 80.7 44.4 0.1 2.2ARM 0.1 -2.1 0.3 2.2ARM -0.2
2026 4-Seam Fastball SD R 35 91.8 19.4 -3.2 6.3ARM -1.6 12.7 -3.4 6.3ARM -1.4
2026 Sinker SD R 15 91.6 24.4 0.0 14.3ARM -1.4 8.3 -0.5 14.3ARM -1.3
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 -2.5 10.9GLV -3.1
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 2.8 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 -8.2 -4 51 31.3 16 .500 .929 .616 7.4 12.5 16.7 .302 .413 .356 41.7
2026 4-Seam Fastball -5.6 -2 35 21.5 12 .417 .667 .463 18.2 8.3 7.1 .301 .457 .324 36.4
2026 Sweeper -0.6 0 32 19.6 6 .250 .500 .442 18.2 16.7 12.5 .090 .100 .296 0.0
2026 Cutter 6.7 2 30 18.4 9 .111 .111 .100 22.2 33.3 50.0 .129 .218 .150 16.7
2026 Sinker -10.6 -2 15 9.2 4 1.000 2.500 1.200 0.0 0.0 -- .777 1.871 .973 66.7
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 29 88.1 56 7.4 12:30 11:30 60
2026 4-Seam Fastball 31 91.7 88 13.5 1:15 1:00 15
2026 Knuckleball 13 81.1 63 3.4 5:30 6:00 -30
2026 Sinker 14 91.6 83 16.7 1:15 2:00 -45
2026 Sweeper 28 81.4 47 12.3 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 47 163 -2 -3 -1 0 -6
Player 870 3,390 12 8 -25 12 -18
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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 50.9 64.9 83.7 25.1 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 163 50.3 73.2 91.7 28.4 69.6 48.5 63.8 50.9 14.5 3.7 50.0
Player 3,390 51.2 65.9 84.3 25.0 68.5 43.9 63.0 45.9 19.9 7.8 80.1
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.6 28.5 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.4 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 13 11 36 75 65 79 31 71
2025
2026 7 27 2 35 15 6 80 42 4 14 55 71 72 46 75
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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 22.76 2 1.5 1 0 1 1 50.0
Player 23.86 33 29.0 4 11 21 13 39.4
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 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1
Player 33 26 23 26 28 30 32 29 24 23 29 32 28 27 32 26 28 25 30 38 33 26 38 33 27 25 28 31 33 32 28
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 .390 +.074 .316 +.061 .255 +.011 .244
xBA .266 -.080 .346 +.102 .244 -.006 .250
OBP .457 -.023 .480 +.165 .315 +.020 .295
xOBP .346 -.157 .503 +.197 .306 +.005 .301
SLG .707 +.233 .474 +.044 .430 -.051 .481
xSLG .424 -.175 .599 +.186 .413 -.031 .444
ISO .317 +.159 .158 -.016 .174 -.063 .237
xISO .158 -.095 .253 +.083 .170 -.025 .195
BABIP .438 +.105 .333 +.036 .297 +.049 .248
wOBA .499 +.075 .424 +.101 .323 -.005 .328
xwOBA .341 -.131 .472 +.156 .316 -.005 .321
wOBAcon .569 +.166 .403 +.025 .378 +.006 .372
xwOBAcon .356 -.122 .478 +.110 .368 +.006 .362
BACON .471 +.096 .375 +.044 .331 +.031 .300
xBACON .321 -.090 .411 +.093 .318 +.010 .308
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 34.3 -15.7 50.0 +15.0 35.0 -3.5 38.5
Avg Exit Velocity 86.9 -3.1 90.0 +1.9 88.1 +1.4 86.7
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 28.6 -8.9 37.5 +3.6 33.9 +0.8 33.1
Barrel % 5.7 -6.8 12.5 +5.5 7.0 -3.8 10.8
Avg Launch Angle 20.5 +23.0 -2.5 -18.9 16.4 +2.2 14.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 70.4 -2.4 72.8 +1.3 71.5 -0.4 71.9
Attack Angle 10° -2° 12° +1° 11° +1° 10°
Ideal Attack Angle % 49.3 +2.1 47.2 -6.5 53.7 +0.2 53.5
Attack Direction +6° -6° -4° -2° -1° -1°
Swing Path - Tilt 34° +1° 33° +1° 32° 32°
Swing Length 7.0 -0.4 7.4 +0.1 7.3 +0.2 7.1
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 90.4 +0.4 90.0 +0.3 89.7 -0.5 90.2
Breaking Velocity 81.0 +1.5 79.5 +1.3 78.2 +0.4 77.8
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 2 0 2 -29 31 +17 14
Popup % 11.4 +11.4 0.0 -9.5 9.5 -1.3 10.8
Flyball % 20.0 -5.0 25.0 -3.9 28.9 +2.0 26.9
Line Drive % 25.7 +0.7 25.0 +2.5 22.5 +0.2 22.3
Groundball % 42.9 -7.1 50.0 +10.9 39.1 -0.9 40.0
Pull % 31.4 +6.4 25.0 -13.6 38.6 -2.2 40.8
Straight Away % 48.6 -1.4 50.0 +9.8 40.2 +4.8 35.4
Opposite Field % 20.0 -5.0 25.0 +3.9 21.1 -2.7 23.8
Weak Contact % 8.6 +2.3 6.3 +0.8 5.5 -0.7 6.2
Pull Airball % 20.0 +7.5 12.5 -7.0 19.5 -2.0 21.5
Topped Contact % 25.7 -11.8 37.5 +11.8 25.7 -4.3 30.0
Under Contact % 22.9 +10.4 12.5 -16.1 28.6 -2.2 30.8
Flare/Burner Contact % 20.0 -11.3 31.3 +4.7 26.6 +8.9 17.7
Solid Contact % 17.1 +17.1 0.0 -6.4 6.4 +1.8 4.6
HR/FB % 28.6 +3.6 25.0 +8.5 16.5 -9.2 25.7
Popups 4 +4 0 -42 42 +28 14
Flyballs 7 +3 4 -123 127 +92 35
Line Drives 9 +5 4 -95 99 +70 29
Groundballs 15 +7 8 -164 172 +120 52
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 50.3 +0.3 50.0 -0.9 50.9 -1.8 52.7
Out of Zone % 49.7 -0.3 50.0 +0.9 49.1 +1.8 47.3
Edge % 48.5 +10.0 38.5 -4.7 43.2 -3.0 46.2
Zone Swing % 73.2 +5.9 67.3 +2.4 64.9 -2.7 67.6
Out of Zone Swing % 28.4 +16.9 11.5 -13.6 25.1 -0.7 25.8
In Zone Contact % 91.7 +6.0 85.7 +2.0 83.7 -0.5 84.2
Out of Zone Contact % 69.6 -13.7 83.3 +16.1 67.2 -4.8 72.0
Whiff % 14.5 -0.1 14.6 -6.2 20.8 +1.9 18.9
First Strike % 63.8 +3.8 60.0 -2.9 62.9 -0.7 63.6
First Pitch Swing % 38.3 -5.7 44.0 +16.5 27.5 -5.4 32.9
Swing % 50.9 +11.5 39.4 -5.9 45.3 -2.5 47.8
Meatball Swing % 50.0 -30.0 80.0 -2.0 82.0 +6.0 76.0
Meatball % 3.7 -5.9 9.6 +1.4 8.2 +0.8 7.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 8.3 -6.0 14.3 -2.0 16.3 +0.5 15.8
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 30.4 +13.7 16.7 -16.1 32.8 +4.8 28.0
In Zone 82 +30 52 -1,194 1,246 +891 355
Out of Zone 81 +29 52 -1,152 1,204 +886 318
Edge 79 +39 40 -1,019 1,059 +748 311
In Zone Swings 60 +25 35 -774 809 +569 240
Out of Zone Swings 23 +17 6 -296 302 +220 82
In Zone Swing & Misses 5 0 5 -127 132 +94 38
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 7 +6 1 -98 99 +76 23
Basic
Pitches 163 +59 104 -2,346 2,450 +1,777 673
PA 47 +22 25 -600 625 +452 173
AB 41 +22 19 -549 568 +408 160
Hits 16 +10 6 -139 145 +106 39
Singles 9 +4 5 -85 90 +69 21
Doubles 3 +3 0 -32 32 +25 7
Triples 2 +2 0 -2 2 0 2
Home Runs 2 +1 1 -20 21 +12 9
Walks 4 -2 6 -34 40 +28 12
Strikeouts 7 +4 3 -130 133 +102 31
K% 14.9 +2.9 12.0 -9.3 21.3 +3.4 17.9
BB% 8.5 -15.5 24.0 +17.6 6.4 -0.5 6.9
HBP 1 +1 0 -11 11 +11 0
Batted Balls 35 +19 16 -424 440 +310 130
Number of Fastballs 80 +56 24 -1,004 1,028 +643 385
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of Breaking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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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 47 .499 19 0 0.0 28 19 67.9
! 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 40 16.0 27.5% 2.5% 29 22.0 0.0% 3.4%

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Pitch Distribution