Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Lively SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 381	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	55	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.71	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	98.2	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	107	‐

Earned Runs	57	‐

Home Runs Allowed	21	‐

Strikeouts	62	‐

Walks	40	‐

ERA	5.20	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	71.5	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	74	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	4.71	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on seven hits, walked three, and struck out two as the Diamondbacks dropped a 3-2 decision to the Cardinals on Monday. David Leisering Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th				vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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