Padres’ Matt Waldron Out Permanently After Procedure To ‘Remove’ Hemorrhoids
San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron he has been confined to the bench for an unknown period of time after surgery to “drain” his hemorrhoids.
“[Matt] he had to have surgery to drain the water better,” said the Padres manager Craig Stammen he told reporters on Wednesday, February 25. “So he was in the hospital a few days ago.”
Stammen, 41, described Waldron’s recovery as a “week-to-week” situation, meaning it’s possible the pitcher could miss Major League Baseball’s opening day on March 25. Waldron was in contention for the starting spot with the Padres, though it now appears unlikely he’ll recover quickly enough.
Her injury was initially described to reporters as a “posterior infection,” although the procedure was later clarified to be related to hemorrhoids.
“[His return will be] it depends on how that cut heals and how you feel moving,” explained Stammen in a press conference.
The manager of the San Diego Padres emphasized that the team’s medical staff “will take care of him [Matt] the best we can do.”
“Stick him here at the end of spring training, get him going, and then we’ll see where that takes us as the season goes and where his rehab process goes,” Stammen added.
Us Weekly reached out to the San Diego Padres for comment.
Waldron was previously sidelined during the season opener in March 2025 when he suffered a left oblique strain while warming up in the bullpen, per MLB.
Matt Waldron in April 2024.
Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images“It’s very troubling,” Waldron told reporters at the time. “I don’t want to stop bowling completely. I hope so. But I’ll let them tell me what to do and I’ll make a decision.”
Waldron, 29, was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round of the 2019 MLB draft and was sent to train with the Indians in the Arizona League at the rookie level.
In August 2020, Waldron was part of a nine-player trade that brought the bullpen Mike Clevinger for the Padres. (Clevinger, 35, subsequently played with the Chicago White Sox and most recently signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league team in early February, according to the report. The Associated Press.)
Waldron’s San Diego Padres debut came in June 2025, when he allowed four runs in 4.2 innings in a 4-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. He had two hits in his two innings on the mound in that game.
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The athlete from Omaha, Nebraska, is one of the few remaining knuckleball pitchers left in Major League Baseball. The bowling technique – once incredibly popular – involves pitching the ball without spin, making it difficult for batsmen to hit.
Talking to a sports broadcaster Sam Levitt in February 2024, Waldron explained that he uses the knuckleball pitch as a “weapon” to throw hitters away.
“I will make it as good as possible,” he said. “It’s another weapon. I’d say it’s a good change … if you do it the right way. Ultimately, I think it’s an uncompetitive field that I’m trying to compete with.”
The chef continued, “I do [the knuckleball] it’s sharp during the pitch, and I bring it to the mound and see what the hitter does. I mix and match.”
Waldron noted that the “lack of spin” in the knuckleball is what would make the style of pitching “uncompetitive” unless he was a champion.
“You have to commit to that little bit [pitching] a pitch with no spin,” he added. “It’s not very competitive in my opinion but you can adjust with the way I pitch. … It’s totally unexpected.”
He concluded by saying, “Finding a way for that, I know it’s going to be bad [pitches]about the lack of space. It’s all about sharpening it.”
Before being drafted in 2019, Waldron was a baseball player at Westside High School and later played for the University of Nebraska’s Cornhuskers for four years.
