Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Sean Burke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Ben Lively SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 92	‐
VBR	# 318	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	59	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.46	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 119	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 112	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	16	‐

Innings Pitched	112.1	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	93	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	120	‐

Walks	34	‐

ERA	3.20	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	59.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	59	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	4.46	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Sean Burke allowed two hits and one walk while striking out five over 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Sean Burke will start on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Sean Burke allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out nine over seven innings in a win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Sean Burke allowed one earned run on seven hits while striking out 11 over six innings in Saturday's win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Sean Burke allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over 5 1/3 innings in Monday's win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
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)	#174	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)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
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 Sean Burke (2026)

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