Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Ben Lively SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 296	‐
VBR	# 441	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	41	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.04	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	22.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	10.23	‐

WHIP	1.73	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	46.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	5.04	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Max Scherzer told reporters he will make a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
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 Scherzer SP - TOR			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Max Scherzer (2026)

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