2024 Stats
W-L
13-10
ERA
3.81
WHIP
1.25
K
118
SV
0
2025 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
Inks new deal with Guardians
Lively signed a one-year, $2.25 million deal with the Guardians to avoid arbitration Friday, Paul Hoynes of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
ANALYSIS
Lively was an effective member of the Guardians' rotation in 2024, maintaining a 3.81 ERA with a 118:49 K:BB across 151 regular-season innings. He battled some inconsistency due to his contact-heavy approach, but he is a strong candidate to begin the season in the rotation.
Lively was an effective member of the Guardians' rotation in 2024, maintaining a 3.81 ERA with a 118:49 K:BB across 151 regular-season innings. He battled some inconsistency due to his contact-heavy approach, but he is a strong candidate to begin the season in the rotation.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
81
Last 10 Games
71
Last 5 Games
55
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 2022
-3%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-9%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .256 | 94 | 46 | 117 | 26 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .248 | 103 | 28 | 118 | 17 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-14%
ERA at Home
2024
-6%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 4.04 | 1.28 | 113.2 | 7.4 | 3.2 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.71 | 1.29 | 126.0 | 7.4 | 2.4 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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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
2.41K/9
7.0BB/9
2.9HR/9
1.4Fastball
90.2 mphERA
3.81WHIP
1.25BABIP
.274GB/FB
1.15Left On Base
77.7%Exit Velocity
82.7 mphBarrels/BBE
4.1%Spin Rate
1957 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.6%Swinging Strike
8.1%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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Added to ALCS roster
The Guardians added Lively to their ALCS roster Tuesday.
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Left off ALDS roster
Lively is not included on the Guardians' roster for the American League Division Series versus Detroit.
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Tagged with 10th loss
Lively (13-10) took the loss Saturday against the Astros, allowing four runs (two earned) on five hits and four walks while striking out four over four innings.
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Sharp in 13th win
Lively (13-9) picked up the win Friday, allowing one run on three hits and a walk over five innings in a 5-1 victory over the Cardinals. He struck out two.
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Delivers scoreless appearance
Lively (12-9) allowed four hits and a walk over five-plus shutout innings Sunday, striking out two and earning a win over the Rays.
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