Shawn Armstrong

Bats R Throws R6'2" 225 lbBorn 1990 New Bern, USADebut 2015Team TEXDraft 2008 R33 #992 Houston Astros, West Craven HSContract 1 y/$5.5M (26)+27 m opt 2026: $4,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	246	23.2	7.4	2.59	20.6	6.35	110.5
2027							109.4
2028							109.4

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 97 PITCH+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Aaron Loup	2022	106.1	84.9	231
2	Anthony Bass	2022	102.3	95.9	88
3	Santiago Casilla	2015	106.5	105.2	241
4	Craig Stammen	2018	103.9	104.8	339
5	Andrew Miller	2019	105.4	120.4	55
6	Jared Hughes	2020	103.8	did not play
7	Paul Sewald	2024	106.2	98.7	81
8	Adam Ottavino	2020	107.1	99.3	276
9	Ryan Tepera	2022	110.1	64.2	57
10	Brad Boxberger	2022	104.7	100.6	84

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									246				109.4
2026*									146				97.1	102.1	99.2
2025	TEX	4	3	2.31	71	2	9	74.0	284	5	20	74	126.6	99.3	125.9
2024	CHC	3	3	4.86	57	7	1	66.7	295	6	25	66	88.9	98.5	87.4
2023	TB	1	0	1.38	39	6	0	52.0	207	2	11	54	126.6	98.9	125.5
2022	TB	2	3	4.38	50	3	2	61.7	269	7	17	66	95.0	98.2	93.2
2021	TB	1	0	6.75	31	0	0	36.0	165	10	15	44	85.1	101.4	86.5
2020	BAL	2	0	1.80	14	0	0	15.0	57	1	3	14	126.6	99.7	126.3
2019	BAL	1	1	5.74	55	0	4	58.0	271	8	29	63	93.1	96.6	89.7
2018	SEA	0	1	1.23	14	0	1	14.7	57	1	3	15	117.4	108.8	126.2
2017	CLE	1	0	4.38	21	0	0	24.7	108	5	10	20	101.5	97.0	98.6
2016	CLE	0	0	2.53	10	0	0	10.7	44	1	5	7	111.2	94.2	105.4
2015	CLE	0	0	2.25	8	0	0	8.0	30	1	2	11	121.1	94.8	116.0
Career		15	11	3.82	370	18	17	421.3	1787	47	140	434	104.4		103.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TEX	P	71	74	2	3	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2024	CHC	P	57	67	0	4	0	1	1.000	-0.5
2023	TB	P	39	52	2	4	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2022	TB	P	50	62	0	5	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2021	TB	P	31	36	0	3	1	0	0.750	+0.3
2020	BAL	P	14	15	0	0	1	0	0.000	-0.0
2019	BAL	P	55	58	1	2	0	0	1.000	-1.1
2018	SEA	P	14	15	0	4	0	0	1.000	+0.6
2017	CLE	P	21	25	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2016	CLE	P	10	11	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2015	CLE	P	8	8	0	0	0	0		-0.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2023	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	31	9.0 IP, 26% K	2.00
2022	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	27	7.0 IP, 37% K	2.57
2021	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	79	17.0 IP, 27% K	3.18
2021	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	53	14.0 IP, 38% K	2.57
2021	AAA	nan	Pit	132	31.0 IP, 31% K	2.90
2018	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pit	230	56.0 IP, 36% K	1.77
2017	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	126	29.1 IP, 29% K	3.09
2016	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	204	49.0 IP, 35% K	1.84
2015	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	210	49.2 IP, 38% K	2.38
2014	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	207	51.0 IP, 33% K	2.12
2014	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	22	5.0 IP, 18% K	5.40
2013	AA	Akron Aeros	Pit	153	33.0 IP, 28% K	4.09
2012	A+	Carolina Mudcats	Pit	182	43.2 IP, 29% K	2.08

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.301	0.359	0.346	0.311
2025	0.334	0.171	0.267	0.187
2024	0.436	0.299	0.368	0.331
2023	0.246	0.241	0.301	0.183
2022	0.372	0.315	0.317	0.349
2021	0.486	0.300	0.311	0.450
2020	0.318	0.247	0.302	0.245
2019	0.291	0.413	0.339	0.393

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	G	IP	H	SO	WHIP
2023	1	1.0	1	1	1.00
2022	1	1.1	1	3	0.91
Career	2	2.1	2	4	0.95