Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Max Meyer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 47	‐
VBR	# 208	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	64	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.98	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 34	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 39	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	108.0	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	82	‐

Earned Runs	31	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	116	‐

Walks	38	‐

ERA	2.58	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	63.5	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	58	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	64	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Max Meyer will start on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	The Marlins say Max Meyer will not start on Sunday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Max Meyer allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four across five innings in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Max Meyer allowed five runs (one earned) on six hits and no walks while striking out five across six innings in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd
	Max Meyer allowed two hits and two walks while striking out five across seven scoreless innings, picking up the win on Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Max Meyer SP - MIA			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Max Meyer (2026)

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