Padres pitcher Matt Waldron out indefinitely after ‘infection in his rear end’

Padres starter Matt Waldron could begin the season on the injured list after manager Craig Stammen said the pitcher recently sustained an “infection in his rear end.”

The San Diego skipper told reporters the 29-year-old knuckleballer actually required a procedure this week to fix the ailment — which was later clarified to be a hemorrhoid issue.

“(Waldron) had to have surgery to drain it and make it better,” Stammen said. “So he’s been in the hospital the last couple days.”

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Fortunately, Stammen said he expected the Padres pitcher to be discharged soon.

“But he’ll be out kind of week-to-week depending on how that incision heals and how he’s feeling moving around,” Stammen added.

Waldron, an 18th-round pick in the 2019 MLB Draft, has thrown for the Padres the last three seasons, earning appearances in 36 total games.

His last and only 2025 start for San Diego came in June, when he gave up four earned runs in 4.2 innings in a loss to the Phillies.

Stammen said Waldron had been showing promising signs in the early goings of spring training this month, and he was “disappointed in that regard” for the wounded right-hander.

“We’ll take care of him the best we can,” Stammen said, “set him up here for 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.”