Ben Lively or DJ Herz

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Ben Lively or DJ Herz Player Statistics
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

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Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

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Ben Lively or DJ Herz Player Projections
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	5

Games Started	2	4

Innings Pitched	32.5	26.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	27	25

Earned Runs	15	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	31	17

Walks	13	7

ERA	4.17	4.61

WHIP	1.24	1.20

Ben Lively or DJ Herz Player Notes
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Nationals left-hander DJ Herz (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the team's spring complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	DJ Herz threw 38 pitches over 2 2/3 innings in a rehab start for Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	DJ Herz will continue his rehab assignment with Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Ben Lively or DJ Herz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	DJ Herz SP - WSH			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#387
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#127	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#193	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#183	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#154
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#312	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#206	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#328
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET