Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Matt Waldron was born on September 26, 1996, in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

On August 31, 2020, the Indians traded Waldron, Mike Clevinger, and Greg Allen to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Austin Hedges, Josh Naylor, Cal Quantrill, Gabriel Arias, Owen Miller, and Joey Cantillo. He opened the 2021 season with the High–A Fort Wayne TinCaps and was promoted to the Double–A San Antonio Missions in July. He finished the season starting twenty games going 3–8 with a 4.25 ERA and 103 strikeouts over 103+2⁄3 innings.

Waldron returned to San Antonio to begin 2022 and was promoted to the Triple–A El Paso Chihuahuas in late June. Over 25 starts between the two teams, he went 5–10 with a 6.26 ERA and 96 strikeouts over 113+2⁄3 innings. To open the 2023 season, he was assigned to El Paso. In 14 games (12 starts), Waldron struggled to a 1–6 record and 7.02 ERA with 75 strikeouts in 66+2⁄3 innings pitched.

On June 23, 2023, the Padres announced they would be promoting Waldron to make his major league debut the next day as the team's starting pitcher.