Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Kade Anderson (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Kade Anderson SP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1023	# 470

Projections

Strikeouts	5	14
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.03	3.71
WHIP	1.40	1.19

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Kade Anderson SP - SEA
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	Kade Anderson SP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	6.2	12.7

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	11

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	5	14

Walks	2	4

ERA	5.03	3.71

WHIP	1.40	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Kade Anderson SP - SEA
News
	Ben Lively made a rehab appearance on July 25. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Kade Anderson threw five no-hit innings in a start for Double-A Arkansas on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Ben Lively threw a live batting practice session on July 15. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Kade Anderson allowed two runs over six innings with nine strikeouts n Friday for Double-A Arkansas. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th	Kade Anderson allowed two hits over 5 1/3 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts in his latest start for Double-A Arkansas. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
		Kade Anderson allowed three hits over 4 2/3 innings in his latest outing for Double-A Arkansas on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
		Kade Anderson will open the season with Double-A Arkansas. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Lively SP - CLE			Kade Anderson SP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#140	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs LAA
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 Kade Anderson (2026)

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