Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Noah Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 281	‐
VBR	# 660	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	43	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.67	‐
WHIP	1.50	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 427	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 194	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Noah Schultz SP - CWS	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	53.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	33	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	29	‐

ERA	5.60	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Noah Schultz SP - CWS	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	47.7	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	4.67	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Noah Schultz SP - CWS	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Noah Schultz allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Noah Schultz allowed four earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Noah Schultz allowed three earned runs on two hits and four walks while striking out seven over 4 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Noah Schultz is expected to be activated from the injured list to start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Noah Schultz threw 74 pitches over 4 2/3 innings on Friday in a rehab start for Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Noah Schultz SP - CWS			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#387
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#154
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#160	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-1)	#102	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs MIN
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#232	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TB
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU			@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU			@ TB
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#172
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Noah Schultz (2026)

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