Cleveland meetup, June 12 | Seattle meetup, June 14

Ben Lively CLE SP R 60IL 

Born: 03/05/1992 Age: 33

FanGraphs Player Page

2025 OPL OPL Player Page

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (CIN) Dec'23

Thu 5/29 Fri 5/30 Sat 5/31
--- LAA 7:10 PM EDT LAA 4:10 PM EDT

Positions
SP
2026 Earned Positions
SP

All Leagues
Average $2.47 Median $3.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.67 Median $1.00

Roster%
4.59%
Change
7Day 1.84%
30Day 5.2%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 2
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00


May 23, 2025 3:43 PM : Lively will undergo season-ending surgery to reconstruct his right elbow UCL and repair his flexor tendon.
Analysis: Lively and the Guardians made the decision to undergo the operation after receiving a second opinion from Dr. Keith Meister in Texas earlier this week. The surgery is likely to sideline him at least 12-to-16 months, but more details on a timetable should be available after the procedure. Lively, 33, is set to reach arbitration eligibility for the first time this offseason.

MLB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2017PHI151588.200529024813 3.05 270.23
2018PHI5523.20022341034 1.8 42.53
2018KCR506.20057500 3.92 26.13
2019KCR101.00013001 -10.7 -10.70
2023CIN191288.200799625320 2.65 234.53
2024CLE2929151.00011813949523 3.62 547.10
2025CLE9944.20029381506 3.83 170.93

MILB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2013CIN (R)121237.00049211210 7.52 278.20
2013CIN (A)114.00072100 8.85 35.40
2014CIN (A+)131379.00095571616 6.35 501.60
2014CIN (AA)131372.00076603647 4.48 322.70
2015PHI (AA)2525143.20011116045714 3.77 540.94
2016PHI (AA)9953.00049351501 6.45 341.90
2016PHI (AAA)1919117.200908327310 5.29 621.94
2017PHI (AAA)161697.00082912243 5.47 530.30
2018PHI (R)111.00020000 11.4 11.40
2018PHI (R)203.00041100 8.2 24.60
2018PHI (AAA)11852.00247371513 5.88 305.70
2019KCR (AAA)17342.03041411937 3.55 149.10
2019ARI (AAA)7730.10035361107 2.7 81.77
2022CIN (AAA)181877.00079762886 4.52 348.40
2023CIN (AAA)7632.20022291215 3.36 109.83
2024CLE (AAA)228.10045001 5.32 44.37

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR Pts
May 12, 2025 CLE MIL 1 0 0 0 3.0 12 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 15.60
May 6, 2025 CLE @WSN 1 1 0 0 5.1 18 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 21.97
May 1, 2025 CLE MIN 1 0 0 0 5.2 22 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 32.93
Apr 26, 2025 CLE BOS 1 0 0 0 5.0 24 4 4 6 4 3 0 2 -4.20
Apr 19, 2025 CLE @PIT 1 1 0 0 5.1 21 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 32.07
Apr 13, 2025 CLE KCR 1 0 0 0 6.0 24 4 4 7 5 2 0 1 17.90
Apr 8, 2025 CLE CHW 1 0 0 0 5.0 17 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 30.80
Apr 2, 2025 CLE @SDP 1 0 0 0 4.1 21 4 4 7 4 2 0 1 3.57
Mar 27, 2025 CLE @KCR 1 0 0 0 5.0 19 3 3 4 3 0 0 1 20.30
Sep 28, 2024 CLE HOU 1 0 0 0 4.0 23 4 2 5 4 4 1 0 9.60
Totals 10 2 0 0 48.2 201 20 18 43 33 19 1 6 180.53

Last 10 MILB Games

DateLevelTeamOpponentGSWinSave IPTBFRERHKBBHBPHR
Apr 9, 2024 AAA COL @LOU 1 1 0 5.1 20 3 3 4 1 0 0 1
Apr 4, 2024 AAA COL OMA 1 0 0 3.0 9 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
Aug 18, 2023 AAA LOU @IOW 1 0 0 5.0 20 4 4 4 6 1 0 2
Aug 13, 2023 AAA LOU @STP 1 0 0 0.2 9 6 6 6 0 1 0 1
Totals 4 1 0 14.0 58 13 13 15 10 2 0 4

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2026 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
June 1, 2023 9:07 PM add Big Klu Barrels Up $1
July 19, 2023 12:22 PM move ⚾️4256⚾️ (from Big Klu Barrels Up) $1
October 12, 2023 11:59 AM increase ⚾️4256⚾️ $3
November 28, 2023 6:24 PM cut ⚾️4256⚾️ $0

Recent Trades for Ben Lively in FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
January 26, 2025 8:55 PM Canton Hoot Owls 🦉 🌲 Ben Lively CLE SP R $5 60IL 
Sawyer Gipson-Long DET RP R $5 60IL 
 Cass Avenue Charlatans Brayan Rocchio CLE AAA SS S $8
December 20, 2024 8:12 AM ⚾️Rose to Cooperstown⚾️ Ben Lively CLE SP R $4 60IL 
Jordan Montgomery ARI SP L $4 60IL
Calvin Faucher MIA RP R $4 
 PED-CO Park Ryan McMahon COL 3B L $10
Edwin Uceta TBR RP R $12
December 19, 2024 10:57 AM Giambinos Ben Lively CLE SP R $3 60IL 
Brent Rooker OAK OF R $16 
 Manfred's Clown Posse Jurickson Profar SDP OF S $3 SUSP
Max Meyer MIA SP R $4 
June 24, 2024 1:02 PM WHIP It, FIP It, and BABIP It Ben Lively CLE SP R $1 60IL 
Drew Rasmussen TBR SP/RP R $7 
Joey Ortiz MIL SS/3B R $3 
Colton Cowser BAL OF L $6 60IL 
 River City Rascals Rafael Devers BOS 3B L $38 
$19 loan
June 19, 2024 2:36 PM Waddling Pancreas Starling Marte NYM OF R $1 
Ben Lively CLE SP R $1 60IL 
Trea Turner PHI SS R $41 
$29 loan 		I'm not Pfaadt, I'm big boned Yimi Garcia HOU RP R $1 15IL 
Joe Ryan MIN SP R $10 
July 17, 2023 12:21 PM ⚾️4256⚾️ Mookie Betts LAD 2B/SS/OF R $48
Kyle Freeland COL SP L $1 
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B R $13 
Jose Urquidy HOU SP/RP R $7 60IL 
Tommy Edman STL 2B/SS/OF S $6 
Alek Thomas ARI OF L $5
 Big Klu Barrels Up Ben Lively ARI SP R $1 60IL 
Kyle Schwarber PHI OF L $24 
Eloy Jimenez TBR AAA OF R $28 7IL
Jhoan Duran MIN RP R $7 
Josh Lowe TBR OF L $8 
Marcelo Mayer BOS SS/3B L $3 
January 16, 2016 1:29 PM Stroman Troopers Wade Davis KCR RP R $9
Nate Karns BAL AAA RP R $5
Carlos Correa HOU SS R $18 
Ben Lively PHI SP R $2 60IL 
 Everett Aquasox Andrew Miller NYY RP L $7
Brandon Crawford SFG SS/3B L $5
Mike Trout LAA OF R $65 10IL 
Kevin Siegrist STL RP L $6
January 15, 2015 12:35 PM Asheville Tourists Adam Wainwright STL RP R $38
 Caimans 🐊 Matt Wisler TOR AAA RP R $4
Ben Lively PHI SP R $4 60IL 
December 24, 2014 6:18 PM The Pointer Brothers Alex Rodriguez NYY Util R $3
Justin Morneau COL Util L $3
Ben Lively CIN SP R $2 60IL 
 The Razor Shines Drew Smyly TBR SP/RP L $6
December 6, 2014 10:29 AM Baddoo d' Bohm Jorge Alfaro MIL AAA C R $2
Ben Lively CIN SP R $2 60IL 
Luis Severino NYY SP R $2 
 Winnetka Cubs Wil Myers CIN AAA Util R $20