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	# 137	‐
VBR	# 292	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	48	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.32	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	‐

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


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	85.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	89	‐

Earned Runs	46	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	84	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	4.83	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

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


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	48.5	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.32	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	Ben Lively threw a live batting practice session on July 15. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. 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 Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th
	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
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 (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ LAA
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 (9-6)	#68
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Sean Manaea (2026)

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