Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Yoendrys Gomez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 125	‐
VBR	# 394	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	9	‐
ERA	4.55	‐
WHIP	1.44	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 106	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 311	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 176	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoendrys Gomez SP,RP - MIN	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	44.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	12	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	3.43	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoendrys Gomez SP,RP - MIN	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	9	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	23	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.55	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoendrys Gomez SP,RP - MIN	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	Yoendrys Gomez worked around some bullpen drama without letting it turn into damage to earn a save on Friday. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Yoendrys Gomez worked around a little traffic but did his job and earned the save without drama in a 5-3 win over the Angels on Saturday. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th
	Yoendrys Gomez notched a small, mildly chaotic win in a one-inning cameo Wednesday. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
	Yoendrys Gomez got the final out of a 3-1 win over the Guardians on Tuesday to earn a save. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 8th
	Yoendrys Gomez got the final out of a 5-4 win over the Astros to earn a save on Monday. Matthew Adam 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
	Yoendrys Gomez SP,RP - MIN			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#241	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Yoendrys Gomez (2026)

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