Ben Lively

Bats R Throws R6'4" 190 lbBorn 1992 Pensacola, USADebut 2017Team CLEDraft 2010 R26 #780 Cleveland Guardians, Gulf Breeze HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	323	17.4	7.5	3.47	20.2	6.62	98.0
2027							98.7
2028							98.1

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 33

His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 94 PITCH+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Mark Redman	2007	94.4	84.2	211
2	Steven Matz	2024	97.4	107.3	309
3	Chris Narveson	2015	98.8	75.0	38
4	Wily Peralta	2022	94.2	did not play
5	Jason Vargas	2016	98.4	97.4	756
6	Rodrigo Lopez	2009	94.2	90.9	874
7	John Thomson	2007	99.2	did not play
8	Josh Tomlin	2018	95.4	105.8	320
9	Bud Norris	2018	95.3	did not play
10	Mark Hendrickson	2007	97.4	96.0	590

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CLE	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	CLE	29	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	CIN	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	KC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	KC	11	7	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-126.3
2017	PHI	15	26	2	6	2	8	9	0.231	0.231	0.462	0.692	75.2
Career		84	33	2	6	2	8	11	0.182	0.182	0.364	0.545	32.5

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									323				98.7
2026*									0
2025	CLE	2	2	3.22	9	9	0	44.7	178	6	15	29	102.9	97.3	100.2
2024	CLE	13	10	3.81	29	29	0	151.0	632	23	49	118	99.6	99.5	99.1
2023	CIN	4	7	5.38	19	12	0	88.7	383	20	25	79	92.4	98.4	90.8
2019	KC	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	1.0	6	1	0	1	8.7	98.5	7.2
2018	KC	0	3	5.64	10	5	0	30.3	145	4	15	27	74.7	97.3	72.0
2017	PHI	4	7	4.26	15	15	0	88.7	372	13	24	52	93.8	100.2	94.0
Career		23	29	4.38	83	70	0	404.3	1716	67	128	306	94.6		93.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2018	7	81.7	0.1	0.0	40.0	22.2	23.1	0.213	0.257	0.216
2017	26	88.3	12.4	6.7	35.3	39.1	34.6	0.168	0.319	0.203	23.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	P	9	45	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2024	CLE	P	29	151	4	12	0	1	1.000	-0.4
2023	CIN	P	19	89	8	7	1	0	0.938	-0.7
2019	KC	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2018	KC	P	10	30	1	3	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2017	PHI	P	15	89	9	10	2	2	0.905	+0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2014	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	21	1 HR, 0 SB	0.294	0.862
2026	A+	Lake County Captains	Pit	51	8.1 IP, 14% K	17.78
2026	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	32	8.2 IP, 22% K	0.00
2024	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	29	8.1 IP, 14% K	3.33
2023	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	134	32.2 IP, 16% K	4.75
2022	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	333	77.0 IP, 24% K	4.09
2019	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	185	42.0 IP, 22% K	4.07
2019	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	136	30.1 IP, 26% K	5.08
2019	AAA	nan	Pit	321	72.1 IP, 24% K	4.49
2018	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	202	52.0 IP, 23% K	2.42
2017	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	405	97.0 IP, 20% K	3.15
2016	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	460	117.2 IP, 20% K	3.07
2016	AA	Reading Fightin Phils	Pit	206	53.0 IP, 24% K	1.87
2015	AA	Reading Fightin Phils	Pit	612	143.2 IP, 18% K	4.15
2014	A+	Bakersfield Blaze	Pit	302	79.0 IP, 31% K	2.28
2014	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Pit	306	72.0 IP, 25% K	3.88

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2018	0.000	0.150	0.000	0.300
2017	0.362	0.261	0.113	0.372

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	1	0	1	2	1.82
Career	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	1	0	1	2	1.82