Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Chad Patrick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	‐
VBR	# 406	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	34	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.27	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 183	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 169	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	76.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	63	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	65	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	3.42	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	35.6	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Chad Patrick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Thu, May 28th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Chad Patrick will start for the Brewers on Wednesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Chad Patrick allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
	Chad Patrick allowed two earned runs on one hit and five walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday’s 13-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 29th
	Chad Patrick is expected to pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Chad Patrick (2026)

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