{"id":395067,"date":"2026-07-11T22:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T22:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/395067\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T22:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T22:09:10","slug":"padres-pregame-matt-waldron-activated-as-jhony-brito-returns-to-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/395067\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres pregame: Matt Waldron activated as Jhony Brito returns to El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After pitching twice in four days, including 2\u2154 innings on Friday, right-hander Jhony Brito was optioned to Triple-A El Paso to make room for right-hander Matt Waldron\u2019s activation from the injured list before Saturday\u2019s 5:40 p.m. first pitch against the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p>Waldron, 29, had been on the 15-day injured list since May 15 with a right brachialis injury. He had an 8.49 ERA in 23\u2153 innings in the majors this year, including three games out of the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>With right-handers Walker Buehler and Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez starting the next two games, Waldron is likely in San Diego to serve as bullpen coverage as the Padres prepare for the All-Star break.<\/p>\n<p>Waldron had a 1.33 ERA in 27 innings spread across two rehab assignments at Triple-A El Paso. He began the year on the injured list after requiring surgery on his lower half in spring training.<\/p>\n<p>Waldron is out of options and had to be added to the major league roster soon as his 30-day rehab assignment was set to expire during the All-Star break.<\/p>\n<p>Brito, 28, allowed two runs in 4 \u2153 innings across to relief appearances this week, his first action in the majors since 2024 as he lost all of last year to elbow surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how the Padres will line up for Game 2:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight\u2019s lineup. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3bHDImXywE\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3bHDImXywE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Diego Padres (@Padres) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Padres\/status\/2076046947530785048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is how the Blue Jays will line up:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let&#8217;s keep it going! <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BlueJays50?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#BlueJays50<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NawUCHInPI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/NawUCHInPI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlueJays\/status\/2076056884667191752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s pitching matchup<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays RHP Trey Yesavage (4-4,3.31 ERA)<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s postseason darling (3.58 ERA in 27\u2154 IP) has a 2.45 ERA over his last four starts. The 22-year-old has five quality starts in 13 trips to the mound so far. This will be Yesavage\u2019s first appearance against the Padres, who do not have any players with big-league history with the rookie.<\/p>\n<p>Padres RHP Walker Buehler (5-5, 5.07 ERA)<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old has allowed 16 earned runs over his last two starts (9 IP) after posting a 1.71 ERA in five starts in June. Buehler has a 2.60 ERA in three career starts against the Blue Jays, including two last year (4.35 ERA, 10\u2153 IP).<\/p>\n<p>Here is how Buehler has fared against current Blue Jays:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/buehler-jays.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9960252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After pitching twice in four days, including 2\u2154 innings on Friday, right-hander Jhony Brito was optioned to Triple-A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[181,1334,74,76,75,2611,127],"class_list":["post-395067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mlb","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}