Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Emerson Hancock (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 53	‐
VBR	# 359	# 1023

Projections

Strikeouts	40	5
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	5.03
WHIP	1.33	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	110.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	88	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	102	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	3.26	‐

WHIP	1.04	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	5

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	44.4	6.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	6

Earned Runs	21	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	40	5

Walks	14	2

ERA	4.31	5.03

WHIP	1.33	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Emerson Hancock allowed three runs on eight hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Wednesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Ben Lively made a rehab appearance on July 25. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Ben Lively threw a live batting practice session on July 15. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Emerson Hancock allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#141
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#204	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#277	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#277
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#19	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#204
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Emerson Hancock (2026)

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