Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 44	‐
VBR	# 236	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	67	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.99	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	113.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	86	‐

Earned Runs	42	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	96	‐

Walks	45	‐

ERA	3.34	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	13	‐

Innings Pitched	70.4	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	64	‐

Earned Runs	31	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	67	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	3.99	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over five innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a win on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Michael King allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Michael King allowed four runs on three hits over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Michael King (2026)

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