2025 Stats
W-L
1-2
ERA
4.40
WHIP
1.34
K
23
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
In his first year with Cleveland, Lively saw his most extended run as a starting pitcher in the majors. The righty made a career-high 29 starts and recorded a solid 3.81 ERA and 1.25 WHIP across 151 innings, which was also a new career best by a wide margin. Lively continued to be more of a pitch-to-contact player, as he recorded only 118 strikeouts for a 7.03 K/9, in line with his career figure of 6.93. The 32-year-old features a fastball that sits in the low 90s while mixing in a sinker, sweeper and changeup. With a good defensive unit behind him, Lively can continue to eat up some innings for the Guardians, though his fantasy ceiling is limited due to the lack of strikeouts. Fantasy managers can deploy the veteran in 2025 but may want to use him as more of a matchup play versus a regular option. Read Past Outlooks
Hit hard in no-decision
Lively didn't factor into the decision in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Red Sox, giving up four runs on six hits and three walks over five innings. He struck out four.
ANALYSIS
Half the hits off Lively went for extra bases, including homers by Wilyer Abreu in the first inning and Rafael Devers in the third. The right-hander has had an up-and-down beginning to the season, and Lively will take a 4.40 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 23:11 K:BB through 30.2 innings into his next outing, which lines up to come at home next week against the Twins.
Half the hits off Lively went for extra bases, including homers by Wilyer Abreu in the first inning and Rafael Devers in the third. The right-hander has had an up-and-down beginning to the season, and Lively will take a 4.40 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 23:11 K:BB through 30.2 innings into his next outing, which lines up to come at home next week against the Twins.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
87
Last 10 Games
87
Last 5 Games
91
How many pitches does Ben Lively generally throw?
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What part of the game does Ben Lively generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-6%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-25%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .261 | 103 | 55 | 133 | 30 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .246 | 117 | 30 | 132 | 18 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .302 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .226 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .229 | 58 | 31 | 62 | 13 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .252 | 60 | 18 | 77 | 10 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .296 | 36 | 15 | 55 | 13 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .243 | 43 | 10 | 41 | 7 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-12%
ERA at Home
2025
-4%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 4.10 | 1.30 | 129.2 | 7.4 | 3.4 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 4.67 | 1.29 | 140.2 | 7.2 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2025Home | 4.50 | 1.44 | 16.0 | 7.3 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2025Away | 4.30 | 1.23 | 14.2 | 6.1 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.70 | 1.27 | 75.1 | 6.6 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.93 | 1.22 | 75.2 | 7.5 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2023Home | 4.70 | 1.30 | 38.1 | 9.2 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2023Away | 5.90 | 1.41 | 50.1 | 7.2 | 1.6 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Ben Lively compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.09K/9
6.8BB/9
3.2HR/9
1.5Fastball
90.0 mphERA
4.40WHIP
1.34BABIP
.283GB/FB
0.73Left On Base
76.5%Exit Velocity
82.9 mphBarrels/BBE
5.6%Spin Rate
1988 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.6%Swinging Strike
7.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Injuries opened the door for Lively to claim a spot in the Phillies' Opening Day rotation, but the right-hander failed to take advantage of the opportunity. He struggled to a 6.85 ERA and 1.86 WHIP across five starts (23.2 innings) before landing on the disabled list at the end of April with a lower-back injury. Upon activation from the DL, Lively was sent to the minors. A shoulder injury cost the hurler more than two months and limited him to just 52 innings with Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Despite a respectable 2.42 ERA and 1.00 WHIP with the IronPigs, Lively was designated for assignment by Philadelphia in September. He was scooped up by the Royals and spent the remainder of the season in a relief role, posting a 1.35 ERA, 1.80 WHIP and 5:5 K:BB across 6.2 innings. While Lively's exact role remains undetermined heading into 2019, he likely won't be a factor in the fantasy world given his 4.95 FIP and 6.0 K/9 across parts of two big-league seasons.
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Starting Saturday
Lively will start the opening game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Red Sox, Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com reports.
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Captures first win of 2025
Lively (1-2) earned the win against the Pirates on Saturday, allowing four hits and one walk while striking out three across 5.1 scoreless innings.
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Coughs up four runs
Lively (0-2) allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks over six innings Sunday, striking out five and taking a loss against Kansas City.
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Blanks White Sox over five innings
Lively tossed five scoreless innings Tuesday against the White Sox, allowing two hits and three walks while striking out four in the no-decision.
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Roughed up in loss
Lively (0-1) took the loss against the Padres on Wednesday, allowing four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four batters in 4.1 frames.
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