60-Day IL
Injury Elbow
Est. Return 7/1/2026
2025 Stats
W-L
2-2
ERA
3.22
WHIP
1.19
K
29
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
Moved to 60-day IL
The Guardians transferred Lively (elbow) to the 60-day injured list Thursday, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Lively has already been ruled out for the remainder of the season after undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery, so his move to the 60-day IL will simply act as a way to free up 40-man space for Matt Krook, who was claimed off waivers from the A's on Thursday.
Lively has already been ruled out for the remainder of the season after undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery, so his move to the 60-day IL will simply act as a way to free up 40-man space for Matt Krook, who was claimed off waivers from the A's on Thursday.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
80
Last 10 Games
80
Last 5 Games
79
How many pitches does Ben Lively generally throw?
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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
-6%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .254 | 108 | 57 | 136 | 30 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .245 | 118 | 32 | 137 | 19 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .241 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .226 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 2 | |||
| 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
-16%
ERA at Home
2025
-19%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.84 | 1.28 | 138.1 | 7.2 | 3.3 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 4.56 | 1.27 | 146.0 | 7.2 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2025Home | 2.92 | 1.26 | 24.2 | 5.8 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2025Away | 3.60 | 1.10 | 20.0 | 5.9 | 2.3 | ||||
| 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
1.93K/9
5.8BB/9
3.0HR/9
1.2Fastball
90.2 mphERA
3.22WHIP
1.19BABIP
.248GB/FB
0.66Left On Base
83.0%Exit Velocity
83.3 mphBarrels/BBE
6.0%Spin Rate
1991 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.0%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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Set for season-ending elbow surgery
Lively will undergo season-ending surgery to reconstruct his right elbow UCL and repair his flexor tendon.
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Lands on IL with flexor strain
The Guardians placed Lively on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with a right flexor strain, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
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Diagnosed with forearm inflammation
Lively left Monday's start against the Brewers due to right forearm inflammation, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
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Exits start with undisclosed injury
Lively departed Monday's start versus the Brewers after three innings with an undisclosed injury, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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Nabs win in nightcap
Lively (2-2) picked up the win in the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Nationals, allowing one run on two hits and two walks over 5.1 innings. He struck out three.
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