Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Ben Lively SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 136	‐
VBR	# 259	# 872

Projections

Strikeouts	38	2
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.85
WHIP	1.32	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 167	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	‐

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


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	111.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	110	‐

Earned Runs	55	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	113	‐

Walks	37	‐

ERA	4.46	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

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


Games Played	7	5

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	38.5	3.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	3

Earned Runs	19	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	38	2

Walks	13	1

ERA	4.33	4.85

WHIP	1.32	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Sean Manaea allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out seven across 6.1 innings in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th	Ben Lively made his third rehab start on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on three hits and no walks while striking out 11 in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	Ben Lively made a rehab appearance on July 25. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on seven hits and five walks while striking out seven across six innings in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	Ben Lively threw a live batting practice session on July 15. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across six innings in Wednesday's 3-2 Game 1 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Sean Manaea will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#353
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#273
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#310	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jun 19th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#365	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#211
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th				@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#332
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson	#311
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Sean Manaea (2026)

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