Ben Lively
32-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
1-1
ERA
2.08
WHIP
1.02
K
24
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
RANKSFrom Preseason
#601
ADP
Continues to impress
Lively (1-1) earned the win over the Angels on Saturday, allowing one run on four hits and three walks while striking out five batters over six innings.
ANALYSIS
Lively got through four scoreless frames before the Angels posted a run in the fifth, but that was all the scoring the right-hander ended up allowing. The soon-to-be 32-year-old has yielded exactly one run in each of his past three starts, and he's given up a total of five earned runs across 21.2 innings on the season for a sterling ERA of 2.08. It's a bit difficult to imagine Lively continuing this level of success given that he entered the campaign with a 5.05 ERA across 208.2 career innings as a major-leaguer, and his Statcast numbers show that despite his strong start to the season, he has given up plenty of hard contact while rarely getting batters to chase. However, it's also worth noting that his strikeout numbers have tangibly risen -- Lively had a career 6.9 K/9 prior to this season but is at a 10.0 K/9 through four starts this year.
Lively got through four scoreless frames before the Angels posted a run in the fifth, but that was all the scoring the right-hander ended up allowing. The soon-to-be 32-year-old has yielded exactly one run in each of his past three starts, and he's given up a total of five earned runs across 21.2 innings on the season for a sterling ERA of 2.08. It's a bit difficult to imagine Lively continuing this level of success given that he entered the campaign with a 5.05 ERA across 208.2 career innings as a major-leaguer, and his Statcast numbers show that despite his strong start to the season, he has given up plenty of hard contact while rarely getting batters to chase. However, it's also worth noting that his strikeout numbers have tangibly risen -- Lively had a career 6.9 K/9 prior to this season but is at a 10.0 K/9 through four starts this year.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
85
Last 10 Games
85
Last 5 Games
85
How many pitches does Ben Lively generally throw?
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11-20
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121+
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
-8%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-50%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .269 | 49 | 19 | 60 | 14 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .248 | 54 | 12 | 52 | 8 | |||
2024vs Left | .135 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||
2024vs Right | .268 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 1 | |||
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
-28%
ERA at Home
2024
-49%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.91 | 1.22 | 50.2 | 9.1 | 3.4 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 5.43 | 1.36 | 59.2 | 7.8 | 1.8 | ||||
2024Home | 1.46 | 0.97 | 12.1 | 8.8 | 2.2 | ||||
2024Away | 2.89 | 1.07 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 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
4.00K/9
10.0BB/9
2.5HR/9
0.8Fastball
90.2 mphERA
2.08WHIP
1.02BABIP
.274GB/FB
0.80Left On Base
88.5%Exit Velocity
82.9 mphBarrels/BBE
8.6%Spin Rate
2007 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.9%Swinging Strike
9.9%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive 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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Yields one run in no-decision
Lively didn't factor into the decision Sunday, allowing one run on four hits and two walks against Atlanta. He struck out five.
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Sharp in no-decision
Lively did not factor into the decision Tuesday against the Red Sox, allowing one run on five hits while striking out seven over 6.1 innings.
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Awarded another start
Lively is scheduled to start Tuesday's series opener with the Red Sox at Progressive Field.
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Outdueled in 2024 debut
Lively (0-1) took the loss Wednesday, allowing two runs on three hits and one walk with seven strikeouts over five innings against Boston.
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Activated ahead of start
The Guardians reinstated Lively (illness) from the 15-day injured list ahead of his scheduled start Wednesday versus the Red Sox in Boston.
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