Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Dustin May (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dustin May SP - STL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 90	‐
VBR	# 234	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	61	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.22	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 94	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 119	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 102	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dustin May SP - STL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	98.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	97	‐

Earned Runs	52	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	95	‐

Walks	32	‐

ERA	4.78	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dustin May SP - STL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	65.6	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	61	‐

Earned Runs	31	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	4.22	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dustin May SP - STL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Dustin May allowed five earned runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out six over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Dustin May will start on Saturday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Dustin May allowed two earned runs on two hits and four walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Atlanta. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
	Dustin May tossed 4.2 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks while striking out seven on 81 pitches in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Brewers. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Dustin May will limited to roughly 65 pitches during Monday’s start against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dustin May SP - STL			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Dustin May (2026)

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