Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Caden Dana (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Caden Dana SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 983	# 868

Projections

Strikeouts	4	20
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.84	5.12
WHIP	1.41	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	4.8	23.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	23

Earned Runs	3	13

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	4	20

Walks	2	11

ERA	4.84	5.12

WHIP	1.41	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Caden Dana SP - LAA
News
	Ben Lively made a rehab appearance on July 25. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Angels say Caden Dana is still bothered by fatigue related to mono. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Ben Lively threw a live batting practice session on July 15. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (illness) has been transferred from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th
	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th	The Angels have optioned right-hander Caden Dana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
		Angels right-hander Caden Dana (mono) is progressing towards facing live hitters. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
		Caden Dana is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Lively SP - CLE			Caden Dana SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

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