Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - 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	# 85	‐
VBR	# 267	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	52	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.14	‐
WHIP	1.28	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	87.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	91	‐

Earned Runs	48	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	81	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	4.93	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	55.6	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	53	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	4.14	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Luis Castillo allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ CWS
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)	#181
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Luis Castillo (2026)

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