Guardians pitcher Ben Lively will undergo Tommy John reconstruction surgery on his right elbow and will be sidelined for the rest of the season.

Ben Lively is expected to miss upward of 12 to 16 months, effectively ending his 2025 season. It could also bleed into the 2026 campaign.

For a brief moment, it appeared that the Cleveland Guardians were going to have a tough time replacing Ben Lively. The Guardians announced on Friday that Lively would undergo Tommy John surgery, with a lengthy return timeline somewhere in the neighborhood of 12-16 months.