Ben Lively
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 235LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 4, #135, Cincinnati Reds | Central Florida
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 1 1 3.00
2023 4 7 5.38 19 12 0 88.2 79 1.36
2024 5 2 2.84 9 9 0 50.2 47 1.16
5 Seasons 13 19 4.62 54 41 0 259.1 206 1.36
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 1 0-0 27.00 1 1 3.00
2023 19 4-7 5.38 88.2 79 1.36
2024 9 5-2 2.84 50.2 47 1.16
5 Seasons 54 13-19 4.62 259.1 206 1.36
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2017 25 1411 288 17 5.9 4.6 85.4 110.9 16.5 32.6 .253 .447 .343 .329 .349 27.5 14.0 6.5 4.26 4.70
2018 26 541 100 7 7.0 4.8 88.7 113.9 15.9 41.0 .300 .498 .387 .381 .431 42.0 18.6 10.3 5.64 6.52
2019 27 27 5 1 20.0 16.7 88.0 110.2 13.7 80.0 .454 1.054 .613 .609 .731 40.0 16.7 0.0 27.00 27.31
2023 31 1383 276 23 8.3 6.0 89.1 113.2 14.3 38.4 .269 .474 .348 .342 .404 36.2 20.6 6.5 5.38 5.03
2024 32 707 124 11 8.9 6.1 91.0 110.6 20.1 38.7 .234 .410 .315 .306 .369 41.9 23.8 7.7 2.80 3.66
Player 4069 793 59 7.4 5.4 88.0 113.9 16.2 36.9 .263 .461 .347 .338 .384 34.7 18.6 7.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Lively relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(29.4%) ,
Sinker
(29.0%) ,
Sweeper
(21.1%) ,
Curveball
(8.5%) ,
Changeup
(8.1%) ,
Slider
(3.8%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 38.9 26.0 22.6 12.5 35.1 38.5 26.4 5.2 27.4 30.2 21.9 8.0 5.9 4.6
2018 35.0 24.0 30.0 11.0 37.0 37.0 26.0 3.0 26.0 21.0 31.0 12.0 7.0 4.8
2019 20.0 60.0 20.0 0.0 20.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 20.0 16.7
2023 39.1 26.4 28.6 5.8 34.4 35.9 29.7 4.0 28.6 26.4 26.1 6.2 8.3 6.0
2024 31.5 35.5 25.8 7.3 36.3 36.3 27.4 2.4 22.6 34.7 21.0 8.9 8.9 6.1
Player 37.2 27.6 26.1 9.1 35.2 37.3 27.5 4.0 26.9 28.2 24.5 8.1 7.4 5.4
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Curveball CLE R 60 76.6 51.9 -4.5 -8 10.6 -1.7 -14
2024 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 204 89.8 17.9 1.2 6 8.5 0.6 7
2024 Slider CLE R 27 80.9 33.5 -6.4 -16 5.6 -2.8 -33
2024 Changeup CLE R 56 83.7 30.3 -4.9 -14 16.3 1.8 12
2024 Sweeper CLE R 148 78.9 40.0 -1.0 -2 10.7 -4.1 -28
2024 Sinker CLE R 203 90.2 21.0 -4.8 -19 13.6 -1.8 -12
2023 Changeup CIN R 141 84.4 31.1 -4.0 -11 15.4 0.7 5
2023 Sinker CIN R 303 91.5 21.9 -4.0 -16 14.1 -1.0 -6
2023 Sweeper CIN R 319 80.0 39.4 -0.8 -2 11.0 -3.6 -25
2023 Curveball CIN R 91 76.3 52.8 -3.4 -6 9.4 -2.1 -18
2023 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 443 90.6 18.6 -0.1 -1 6.8 -1.0 -13
2023 Cutter CIN R 68 88.1 24.3 3.4 12 0.5 -3.0 -122
2023 Slider CIN R 17 82.0 31.3 -7.8 -20 3.9 -3.5 -47
2019 Sinker KC R 1 94.1 22.8 1.0 5 16.5 1.8 12
2019 Curveball KC R 12 74.5 57.1 -1.3 -2 13.8 0.9 7
2019 4-Seam Fastball KC R 14 92.2 16.9 0.7 4 7.9 -0.5 -6
2018 Changeup KC R 4 85.7 24.7 -7.8 -24 13.4 -1.0 -7
2018 Slider KC R 67 83.6 36.1 -2.1 -6 6.4 0.8 15
2018 4-Seam Fastball KC R 250 91.2 16.1 1.7 9 6.3 -1.2 -16
2018 Sinker KC R 78 91.6 20.4 -3.4 -14 14.8 0.2 1
2018 Curveball KC R 142 75.5 56.1 -2.4 -4 12.3 -0.3 -2
2017 Slider PHI R 182 81.9 37.9 -0.3 -1 6.2 -0.2 -4
2017 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 605 91.3 15.9 0.9 5 5.6 -2.5 -31
2017 Curveball PHI R 285 75.5 51.0 -3.9 -7 12.0 0.1 0
2017 Sinker PHI R 259 91.2 21.9 -1.2 -5 14.3 -0.9 -6
2017 Changeup PHI R 74 84.9 28.8 -2.0 -7 14.9 0.7 5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 207 29.3 40 .219 .469 .379 20.9 10.0 15.4 .282 .465 .396 57.1
2024 Sinker 1.1 2 204 28.9 61 .267 .433 .291 17.6 34.4 28.8 .233 .460 .298 53.8
2024 Sweeper 1.5 2 148 20.9 41 .231 .359 .276 27.4 24.4 22.2 .210 .305 .244 24.1
2024 Curveball -0.6 0 60 8.5 18 .235 .471 .319 13.8 16.7 10.3 .182 .303 .234 14.3
2024 Changeup 2.1 1 57 8.1 13 .083 .167 .150 20.0 15.4 14.3 .314 .530 .382 30.0
2024 Slider -2.2 -1 27 3.8 8 .286 .857 .494 35.7 37.5 37.5 .166 .391 .287 75.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -10 444 32.1 119 .362 .667 .472 18.1 10.1 13.8 .327 .613 .431 37.6
2023 Sweeper 2.0 6 319 23.1 80 .158 .303 .220 33.6 30.0 27.3 .231 .411 .292 30.8
2023 Sinker 1.0 3 303 21.9 108 .257 .416 .316 15.3 29.6 27.6 .220 .356 .275 34.8
2023 Changeup -1.1 -2 141 10.2 35 .265 .412 .353 13.3 11.4 23.5 .261 .373 .284 33.3
2023 Curveball -4.0 -4 91 6.6 23 .273 .909 .487 12.8 17.4 15.4 .320 .794 .469 61.1
2023 Cutter 1.0 1 68 4.9 16 .267 .267 .269 25.7 18.8 30.0 .335 .396 .344 25.0
2023 Slider -2.9 0 17 1.2 2 .500 .500 .450 20.0 0.0 0.0 .299 .342 .274 50.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -18.2 -3 14 51.9 4 .500 1.250 .725 33.3 25.0 16.7 .436 1.329 .694 66.7
2019 Curveball 3.2 0 12 44.4 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .488 .503 .439 0.0
2019 Sinker -9.3 0 1 3.7 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -2 250 46.2 62 .321 .509 .396 16.7 16.1 16.7 .320 .558 .412 43.2
2018 Curveball -0.1 0 142 26.2 38 .281 .469 .380 21.7 26.3 25.0 .214 .335 .310 13.6
2018 Sinker 0.6 0 78 14.4 20 .316 .368 .323 6.9 0.0 0.0 .374 .577 .424 57.9
2018 Slider -1.2 -1 67 12.4 23 .381 .524 .420 37.1 30.4 31.8 .307 .494 .374 57.1
2018 Changeup -19.8 -1 4 0.7 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .427 1.054 .607 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 3 605 42.9 158 .262 .489 .354 18.7 14.6 15.5 .277 .500 .369 34.5
2017 Curveball -0.5 -1 285 20.2 81 .260 .438 .340 12.5 11.1 9.9 .244 .419 .308 21.2
2017 Sinker -0.9 -2 259 18.4 58 .321 .509 .401 15.0 6.9 6.7 .299 .482 .361 26.5
2017 Slider 1.8 3 182 12.9 52 .188 .354 .244 31.8 30.8 27.1 .121 .203 .172 18.2
2017 Changeup -3.5 -3 74 5.2 21 .368 .842 .488 0.0 0.0 0.0 .302 .665 .394 25.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 56 83.7 98 18.6 1:45 2:15 -30
2024 Curveball 59 76.6 73 13.8 8:00 7:45 15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 204 89.8 96 17.7 1:00 1:00 0
2024 Sinker 203 90.2 94 18.3 1:15 1:45 -30
2024 Slider 25 80.9 43 9.5 9:00 10:30 -90
2024 Sweeper 147 78.9 54 11.9 8:45 9:15 -30
2023 Changeup 141 84.4 97 17.2 1:45 2:15 -30
2023 Curveball 91 76.3 79 13.0 8:00 7:45 15
2023 Cutter 68 88.1 76 10.0 12:30 12:00 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 444 90.6 93 15.7 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Sinker 303 91.5 93 17.7 1:15 2:00 -45
2023 Slider 17 82.0 45 9.0 9:30 11:00 -90
2023 Sweeper 319 80.0 55 12.1 8:45 9:15 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 370 1,405 2 13 -9 -7 0
2018 144 541 -1 2 -1 -4 -4
2023 383 1,383 1 5 -9 -4 -6
2024 181 703 4 6 -3 -2 5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2017 1,411 52.2 65.6 85.0 27.4 71.7 43.4 59.1 47.4 17.5 8.2 73.9
2018 541 52.1 61.7 81.0 20.5 73.6 41.4 56.9 42.0 19.8 7.8 71.4
2019 27 55.6 46.7 71.4 25.0 66.7 37.0 83.3 37.0 30.0 11.1 100.0
2023 1,383 52.0 64.7 84.7 24.5 60.1 41.3 60.6 45.4 20.7 8.9 68.3
2024 707 52.3 70.7 83.1 20.6 59.4 44.1 57.5 46.5 21.3 7.8 90.9
Player 4,069 52.2 65.5 84.0 24.3 66.1 42.5 59.2 45.8 19.6 8.3 74.6
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2017 31 41 25 20 50 41 50 90 90 6 81 7 48 26 3 6 96
2018 26 10 5 90
2023 19 19 12 12 43 38 41 47 70 31 78 11 8 12 3 3 93
2024 58 61 41 29 72 24 28 8 27 60 54 21 2 4 7 5 92
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.8 13 14.0 -1 12 5 9 69.2
2018 22.8 4 5.2 -1 3 1 4 100.0
2019 22.6 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2023 23.2 20 16.5 4 9 7 11 55.0
2024 23.3 7 5.6 1 7 4 3 42.9
Player 23.1 45 42.3 3 31 17 28 62.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 13 12 11 15 15 14 14 16 12 12 14 20 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 12 20 17 14 13 13 16 15 13 11
2018 4 8 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 5 7 6 6 4 4 5 5 6 5 5
2019 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2023 20 17 15 17 17 17 17 15 18 14 15 21 17 14 19 17 17 16 17 17 14 18 21 19 13 14 17 17 17 16 13
2024 7 4 5 7 6 7 6 6 5 5 4 10 5 5 5 8 6 3 4 6 4 4 7 5 5 5 6 4 9 5 6
Player 45 42 37 44 44 44 43 43 41 37 39 57 41 38 44 45 43 39 42 41 38 42 55 48 37 37 42 43 48 40 36
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.3 91.3 0.0 -- 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 90.7 -- 90.0 -0.7
Offspeed Velocity 84.9 85.7 0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 84.4 -- 83.6 -0.8
Breaking Velocity 78.0 78.1 0.1 -- -3.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 79.3 -- 78.6 -0.7
Exit Velocity 85.4 88.7 3.3 -- -0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 89.1 -- 91.0 1.9
Launch Angle 16.5 15.9 -0.6 -- -2.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.3 -- 20.1 5.8
Barrel % 5.9 7.0 1.1 -- 13.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.3 -- 8.9 0.6
Hard Hit % 27.5 42.0 14.5 -- -2.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 36.2 -- 41.9 5.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.6 41.0 8.4 -- 39.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 38.4 -- 38.7 0.3
xBA .253 .300 0.047 -- 0.154 -- -- -- -- -- -- .269 -- .234 -0.035
BA .269 .325 0.056 -- 0.175 -- -- -- -- -- -- .270 -- .234 -0.036
xwOBA .329 .381 0.052 -- 0.228 -- -- -- -- -- -- .342 -- .306 -0.036
wOBA .343 .387 0.044 -- 0.226 -- -- -- -- -- -- .348 -- .315 -0.033
xSLG .447 .498 0.051 -- 0.556 -- -- -- -- -- -- .474 -- .410 -0.064
SLG .484 .492 0.008 -- 0.508 -- -- -- -- -- -- .490 -- .425 -0.065
K% 14.0 18.6 4.6 -- -1.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.6 -- 23.8 3.2
BB% 6.5 10.3 3.8 -- -10.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.5 -- 7.7 1.2
Swing % 47.4 42.0 -5.4 -- -5.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 45.4 -- 46.5 1.1
Whiff% 17.5 19.8 2.3 -- 10.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.7 -- 21.3 0.6
In Zone % 52.2 52.1 -0.1 -- 3.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 52.0 -- 52.3 0.3
Out of Zone % 47.8 47.9 0.1 -- -3.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 48.0 -- 47.7 -0.3
Out of Zone Swing % 27.4 20.5 -6.9 -- 4.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 24.5 -- 20.6 -3.9
First Pitch Swing % 25.8 22.2 -3.6 -- 11.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 25.3 -- 29.8 4.5
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 56.9 -2.2 -- 26.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- 60.6 -- 57.5 -3.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 369 .339 180 5 2.8 189 30 15.9
2018 Shifts 144 .387 66 10 15.2 78 30 38.5
2019 Shifts 6 .613 4 1 25.0 2 1 50.0
2023 Shades 383 .348 182 28 15.4 201 110 54.7
2024 Shades 179 .311 92 0 0.0 87 49 56.3
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2017 426 13.6 68.5% 0.7% 238 21.7 0.0% 6.3%
2018 154 14.1 61.0% 1.9% 126 21.6 0.8% 4.8%
2019 7 16.5 42.9% 0.0% 7 21.3 0.0% 0.0%
2023 425 13.0 86.6% 0.2% 218 18.8 7.8% 0.0%
2024 216 13.0 86.6% 0.0% 87 18.0 2.3% 1.1%
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Pitch Distribution