2025 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
5.40
WHIP
0.80
K
3
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
Decent in surprise start
Lively did not factor into the decision in Thursday's 7-4 win over Kansas City, allowing three runs on four hits over five innings. He struck out three.
ANALYSIS
Lively was announced as Cleveland's Opening Day starter Thursday morning after Tanner Bibee (illness) was a late scratch. The 33-year-old Lively filled in admirably, with all of Kansas City's offense coming on Vinnie Pasquantino's three-run homer in the third. Lively figures to hold down a spot at the backend of Cleveland's rotation after going 13-10 with a 3.81 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 118 strikeouts in 151 innings last year.
Lively was announced as Cleveland's Opening Day starter Thursday morning after Tanner Bibee (illness) was a late scratch. The 33-year-old Lively filled in admirably, with all of Kansas City's offense coming on Vinnie Pasquantino's three-run homer in the third. Lively figures to hold down a spot at the backend of Cleveland's rotation after going 13-10 with a 3.81 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 118 strikeouts in 151 innings last year.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
67
Last 10 Games
67
Last 5 Games
67
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-4%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-63%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .257 | 95 | 46 | 120 | 27 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .246 | 105 | 28 | 119 | 17 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .300 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .111 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 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
-15%
ERA at Home
2025
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 4.04 | 1.28 | 113.2 | 7.4 | 3.2 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 4.74 | 1.27 | 131.0 | 7.3 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 5.40 | 0.80 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | ||||
| 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
0.00K/9
5.4BB/9
0.0HR/9
1.8Fastball
89.8 mphERA
5.40WHIP
0.80BABIP
.213GB/FB
0.30Left On Base
38.5%Exit Velocity
0.0 mphBarrels/BBE
0.0%Spin Rate
0 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
0.0%Swinging Strike
7.5%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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Draws short-notice Opening Day nod
Lively will start Thursday's season opener versus the Royals in Kansas City, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
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First spring hiccup
Lively allowed four runs on four hits and two walks while striking out two over 3.2 innings in Sunday's spring start against the Brewers.
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Strengthens rotation bid
Lively scattered three hits and one walk while striking out three over four scoreless innings in Monday's Cactus League start against the Royals.
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Limits damage in spring debut
Lively allowed one run on five hits and one walk while striking out one over two innings in Sunday's spring game against the Angels.
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Settles for $2.25M in 2025
Lively agreed to a one-year, $2.25 million deal with the Guardians on Friday to avoid arbitration, Paul Hoynes of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
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