Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for George Klassen (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	George Klassen SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 889

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	14
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.74
WHIP	‐	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	George Klassen SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	4.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	10

ERA	‐	11.57

WHIP	‐	3.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	George Klassen SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	15.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	15

Earned Runs	‐	8

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	14

Walks	‐	8

ERA	‐	4.74

WHIP	‐	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	George Klassen SP - LAA
News
	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th	The Angels optioned RHP George Klassen to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
		George Klassen left Saturday’s start against the Reds with a right index fingernail contusion. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
		George Klassen lasted just 2.2 innings in his major league debut on Sunday after allowing two runs on three hits while walking five and striking out four. The Angels went on to defeat the Mariners, 8-7, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sun, Apr 5th
		The Angels selected the contract of RHP George Klassen from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
		The Angels have reassigned right-hander George Klassen to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Lively SP - CLE			George Klassen SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#105	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs KC
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 (6-4)	#100
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for George Klassen (2026)

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