Ben Lively or Nick Pivetta
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| Nick Pivetta SP - SD  | Ben Lively SP - CLE  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 4 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 4 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 16.0 | ‐ |
| Wins | 1 | ‐ |
| Losses | 2 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 0 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 12 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 8 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 0 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 24 | ‐ |
| Walks | 6 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.50 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.13 | ‐ |
| Nick Pivetta SP - SD | Ben Lively SP - CLE | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 29 | 5 |
| Games Started | 28 | 4 |
| Innings Pitched | 166.8 | 26.3 |
| Wins | 10 | 1 |
| Losses | 9 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 141 | 25 |
| Earned Runs | 69 | 14 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 25 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 180 | 17 |
| Walks | 50 | 7 |
| ERA | 3.72 | 4.61 |
| WHIP | 1.14 | 1.20 |
| Nick Pivetta SP - SD | Ben Lively SP - CLE | |
| News | ||
| Nick Pivetta has been diagnosed with a right elbow flexor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th | The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th | |
| Matt Waldron (lower body) is expected to be reinstated from the 15-day IL later this week to take over Pivetta's rotation spot. No return timeline has been established for Pivetta, as the Padres are still awaiting MRI results on his elbow.
Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th | ||
| The Padres placed Nick Pivetta on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th | ||
| Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta departed Sunday's start against the Rockies due to right elbow stiffness, as per the team. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 12th | ||
| Nick Pivetta allowed two runs on four hits over five innings with eight strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Tuesday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th | ||
| Notes | ||
| Nick Pivetta's 2025 breakout in San Diego was supported by real skill growth, highlighted by elite run prevention, a sub-1.00 WHIP, and career-best contact suppression (.195 BAA, .583 OPS against). His strikeout rate dipped slightly from peak Boston levels, but improved command and a sharp reduction in hard contact and BABIP drove a massive jump in value. Pivetta's projections appropriately pull him back from ace-level ratios, yet still view him as a strong mid-rotation fantasy starter with above-average strikeouts and solid run support. Fantasy managers should treat Pivetta as a high-floor SP3/4 rather than fully buying the Cy Young-adjacent ceiling he flashed in 2025. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros | ||
| Nick Pivetta SP - SD | Ben Lively SP - CLE | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #26 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #67 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #6 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #90 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #64 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #210 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #30 | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #91 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #421 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #195 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #398 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #117 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #6 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #85 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #90 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #86 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #45 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #44 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #123 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #113 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #420 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #95 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #121 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #260 | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #289 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #185 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #148 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #66 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #94 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #232 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #101 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #74 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #76 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #108 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #130 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #138 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #200 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #183 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #218 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #186 | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #167 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #210 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #117 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #110 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #85 | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #125 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #86 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #176 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #220 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #135 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #420 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #17 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #47 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #90 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #339 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #26 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #104 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #130 | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs ATH | Luis Medina (1-1) | #247 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #165 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ WSH | Paxton Schultz | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | ||
| Sat, May 30th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #89 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #30 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #168 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #24 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #32 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #102 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #79 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #103 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #24 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs CIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs CIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ BAL | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ BAL | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ BAL | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ STL | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ STL | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ TEX | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TEX | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ TEX | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs LAD | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs LAD | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs LAD | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ CHC | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ CHC | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ CHC | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ LAD | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ LAD | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ LAD | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ LAD | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ARI | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ARI | @ MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ARI | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ KC | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ KC | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ KC | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ ATL | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ ATL | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ ATL | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ ATL | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ MIA | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ MIA | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ MIA | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs COL | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs COL | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs SF | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs SF | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs SF | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ARI | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ARI | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ARI | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs HOU | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs HOU | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs HOU | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs MIL | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs MIL | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CLE | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CLE | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CLE | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ NYM | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ NYM | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs MIN | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs MIN | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs MIN | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs PIT | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs PIT | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs PIT | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ TB | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ TB | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ TB | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs NYY | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs NYY | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs NYY | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs WSH | @ BAL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs WSH | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs WSH | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ SF | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ SF | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ SF | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ COL | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ COL | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ COL | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIA | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIA | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIA | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ LAD | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ LAD | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ LAD | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #260 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #421 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ STL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs ARI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SF | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ ARI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs MIL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ NYM | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ CIN | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ COL | |||||
