Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Kyle Freeland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Freeland SP - COL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 925	# 1044

Projections

Strikeouts	41	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.20	5.14
WHIP	1.46	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 353	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Freeland SP - COL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	99.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	10	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	133	‐

Earned Runs	81	‐

Home Runs Allowed	21	‐

Strikeouts	85	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	7.34	‐

WHIP	1.55	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Freeland SP - COL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	54.0	6.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	7

Earned Runs	31	4

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	41	5

Walks	14	2

ERA	5.20	5.14

WHIP	1.46	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Freeland SP - COL	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Kyle Freeland allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Ben Lively threw a live batting practice session on July 15. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Kyle Freeland allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Monday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Kyle Freeland allowed four earned runs on six hits while striking out nine over six innings in a loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Kyle Freeland allowed six earned runs on nine hits while striking out two over five innings in Monday’s loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
	Kyle Freeland allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Freeland SP - COL			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Kyle Freeland (2026)

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