Matt Waldron
San Diego Padres, Starting Pitcher
Age: 28-56d (Sep 26, 1996)
Exp: 1.039 Years
Country: US
College: Nebraska-Lincoln
Drafted: Round 18 (#550 overall), 2019
2025 Payroll Salary
$800,000
2025 Cash
$800,000
Career Earnings
$792,762
2025-2025 Pre-Arb (CURRENT)
Matt Waldron signed a 1 year , $800,000 contract with the San Diego Padres, including $800,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $800,000. In 2025, Waldron will earn a base salary of $800,000, while carrying a total salary of $800,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $800,000
Average Salary:
$800,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Year | Age | Status | PayrollAnnual | Luxury Tax | Tax % League Tax | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 28 |
Estimate
|
$800,000 | $800,000 | 0.33% | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
2026 | 29 |
PRE-ARB
|
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2027 | 30 |
ARB 1
|
Year | Age | Service | Status | Base Salary | Incentives Likely | Incentives Unlikely | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 28 | 1.039 |
Estimate
|
$800,000 | - | - | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
2026 | 29 | -- |
PRE-ARB
|
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2027 | 30 | -- |
ARB 1
|
Year | Age | Status | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 28 |
Estimate |
$800,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 |
Source:
MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2024-2024 Pre-Arb
Matt Waldron signed a 1 year , $741,800 contract with the San Diego Padres, including $741,800 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $741,800.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $741,800
Average Salary:
$741,800
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2023-2023 Pre-Arb
Matt Waldron signed a 1 year , $720,000 contract with the San Diego Padres, including $720,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $720,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $720,000
Average Salary:
$720,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2019-2019 Signing Bonus
Matt Waldron signed a 1 year , $5,000 contract with the Cleveland Indians, including $5,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $5,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $5,000
Average Salary:
$5,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Seasons
1.039 Years
Career Earnings thru 2025
$792,762
Earnings w/ Different Teams
2 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 22 |
Signing Bonus
|
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
||
2023 | 26 |
Active
|
$193,550 |
$198,550 |
||
2024 | 27 |
Active
|
$594,212 |
$792,762 |
||
Total |
$792,762 |
$792,762 |
||||
2025 | 28 |
Active / estimate-pre-arbitration
|
$800,000 |
|||
Total |
$1,592,762 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | - | $5,000 | - | $5,000 | |
2 | $787,762 | - | - | $787,762 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 22 |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
|||
2023 | 26 |
$193,550
|
$193,550 |
$198,550 |
|||
2024 | 27 |
$594,212
|
$594,212 |
$792,762 |
|||
Total |
$787,762 |
$5,000 |
$792,762 |
$792,762 |
|||
2025 | 28 |
$800,000
|
$800,000 |
||||
Total |
$1,587,762 |
$5,000 |
$1,592,762 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | - | $5,000 | - | $5,000 | |
2 | $787,762 | - | - | $787,762 |
- Sep 29, 2024 Recalled from the Minors by San Diego (SD)
- Aug 22, 2024 Optioned to the Minors by San Diego (SD)
- Mar 01, 2024 Signed a 1 year $741,800 contract with San Diego (SD)
- Aug 28, 2023 Recalled from the Minors by San Diego (SD)
- Jul 20, 2023 Optioned to the Minors by San Diego (SD)
- Jul 16, 2023 Recalled from the Minors by San Diego (SD)
- Jul 14, 2023 Optioned to the Minors by San Diego (SD)
- Jul 04, 2023 Recalled from the Minors by San Diego (SD)
- Jun 25, 2023 Optioned to the Minors by San Diego (SD)
- Jun 24, 2023 Contract purchased by San Diego (SD)
- Nov 09, 2020 Traded to San Diego (SD) from Cleveland (CLE) with Mike Clevinger and Greg Allen for Josh Naylor, Cal Quantrill, Gabriel Arias, Austin Hedges, Joey Cantillo and Owen Miller
- Jun 14, 2019 Signed a contract with Cleveland (CLE)
- Jun 05, 2019 Drafted by Cleveland (CLE): Round 18 (#550 overall)
Year | Team | GP | GS | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | W | L | SV | IP | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | SD | 27 | 26 | 145 | 84 | 80 | 40 | 133 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 146.7 | 4.91 | 1.26 | 0.78 |
2023 | SD | 8 | 6 | 39 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41.3 | 4.36 | 1.23 |