The Diamondbacks have acquired right-hander Ben Lively from the Royals for cash considerations, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic was among those to report. Lively will go to Triple-A Reno.
The Royals designated Lively for assignment Thursday after a rough major league showing this year in which he allowed three earned runs on three hits in a single inning of work. The 27-year-old worked to a 4.07 ERA/5.56 FIP with 8.79 K/9 and 4.07 BB/9 in 42 innings with the Royals’ Triple-A affiliate this season before the club let him go.
Lively’s likely best known for his tenure with the Phillies, who acquired him from the Reds for outfielder Marlon Byrd in December 2014. Overall, he has pitched to a 4.80 ERA/5.03 FIP with 6.0 K/9 and 2.93 BB/9 in 120 major league innings. He has logged a more impressive 3.12 ERA with 7.6 K/9 and 2.4 BB/9 in 308 2/3 frames at the Triple-A level.
we need a veteran who is decent not him
4.20 ERAs are high on the list.
That isn’t a good era at all and terrible trade for the d-backs
How can it possibly be a terrible trade when they gave up essentially nothing?
Bad trade for the diamondbacks
jeez, whats with all the lively hate? it was for cash. they gave up nothing.
Not to mention all the hate for 4.20 ERAs. Tough room.
There are many negative posters on this site.They cannot help themselves.I think it best to generally ignore them.
the most hilarious part is wondering what hat Connor pulled that out of. his career ML ERA us actually 4.80. Someone had a fun night i guess.
Watched him with KC. For some reason he never really got a chance there. No risk deal with plenty of upside potential for Az.