Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Simeon Woods Richardson (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Simeon Woods Richardson SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 981

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	6
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.96
WHIP	‐	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Simeon Woods Richardson SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	15

Games Started	‐	10

Innings Pitched	‐	57.2

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	7

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	69

Earned Runs	‐	41

Home Runs Allowed	‐	9

Strikeouts	‐	31

Walks	‐	32

ERA	‐	6.40

WHIP	‐	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Simeon Woods Richardson SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	8.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.96

WHIP	‐	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Lively SP - CLE	Simeon Woods Richardson SP,RP - TOR
News
	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th	Blue Jays right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson has cleared waivers and been assigned to Triple-A Buffalo. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
		The Blue Jays designated Simeon Woods Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
		Simeon Woods Richardson is expected to join the Blue Jays in Toronto. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
		The Blue Jays acquired RHP Simeon Woods Richardson from the Twins for cash. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
		The Twins designated Simeon Woods Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Lively SP - CLE			Simeon Woods Richardson SP,RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Simeon Woods Richardson (2026)

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