Edward Bennett Lively (born March 5, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Kansas City Royals.\n', '

Lively was born to Edward and Ginny Lively in Pensacola, Florida. He began playing organized baseball at age 4 in the Tee-ball league; he was allowed to join a year early because of his prowess and the fact that his grandfather, Jim Lively, who coached him throughout his childhood, was the league commissioner. He is a graduate of Gulf Breeze High School.\n', '

The Cleveland Indians selected Lively in the 26th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of high school. He did not sign and instead attended the University of Central Florida (UCF). In his three years pitching for the UCF Knights baseball team, he went 21–8 with a 3.06 earned run average (ERA) and 226 strikeouts over 244 innings. After his sophomore season in 2012, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.\n', '

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