Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Keider Montero (2026)

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

Rest of Season	# 184	‐
VBR	# 482	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	28	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.49	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 321	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	100.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	76	‐

Earned Runs	36	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	70	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	3.22	‐

WHIP	0.97	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	35.9	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.49	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Keider Montero allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings while earning the win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed four earned runs in five innings while taking the loss on Saturday against the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#198	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

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