Shawn Armstrong: Everything you need to know

Shawn Armstrong

#43 RP

Status

ACTIVE

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
3/21	SF	L 10-7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/17	CIN	W 8-6	1.2	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
3/14	SD	L 8-5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
3/7	SD	W 7-1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3/3	LAD	L 5-4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2/28	CWS	L 7-5	1.0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
2/25	TEX	L 11-4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Preseason Totals			6.4	10	4	0	0	0	6	4	2

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
4/21	HOU	W 8-5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/19	BAL	W 8-4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/17	BAL	L 6-4	0.0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	3
4/14	STL	W 5-2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/11	ATL	W 6-0	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/7	KC	W 2-1	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/5	CHC	W 6-5	1.1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
4/3	CHC	W 4-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/1	LAD	W 4-1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3/30	LAD	W 4-2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3/28	SEA	W 6-5	1.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/26	SEA	W 6-4	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Regular Season Totals			8.8	13	7	1	0	0	8	5	5

Splits	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	HBP	CG	H	R	ER	SVO	S	AVG	HR
Overall	0	10.2	1	0	0.0	13	7	1	0	8	5	5	0	0	0.205	2
Away	0	5.1	0	0	0.0	7	2	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0.318	1
Home	0	5.1	1	0	0.0	6	5	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0.059	1
Night	0	6.1	0	0	0.0	7	4	0	0	7	4	4	0	0	0.280	1
Day	0	4.1	1	0	0.0	6	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.071	1
vs Righty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	0.227	0
vs Lefty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	8	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0.176	2
March	0	2.2	0	0	0.0	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0.300	1
April	0	8.0	1	0	0.0	10	6	0	0	5	4	4	0	0	0.172	1
Opponent
vs CHC	0	2.1	1	0	0.0	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.125	1
vs KC	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs HOU	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs BAL	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.000	0
vs STL	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
vs SEA	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.167	1
vs ATL	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
vs LAD	0	1.1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.500	0
Venue
@ Atlanta	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
@ Seattle	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.167	1
@ St. Louis	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
@ Cleveland	0	5.1	1	0	0.0	6	5	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0.059	1
@ Los Angeles	0	1.1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.500	0

Shawn Armstrong: Breaking News

Armstrong struck out one over a scoreless inning to pick up a hold in Friday's 4-1 win over the Cubs. Armstrong worked a 1-2-3 eighth inning, his first appearance without allowing baserunners, to earn his third hold of the season. After giving up a home run in his initial outing, Armstrong hasn't allowed a run in four subsequent appearances (3.2 IP). The right-hander has allowed five base runners during the scoreless streak but has managed to work around the traffic.

The Guardians signed Armstrong to a one-year, $5.5 million contract with a mutual option for 2027 on Thursday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports. The 35-year-old Armstrong had arguably the best season of his career in 2025 with the Rangers, putting up a 2.31 ERA, 0.81 WHIP and 74:20 K:BB over 74 innings. It's a return to the organization that drafted him and where he debuted back in 2015. Armstrong should be used in a setup role ahead of closer Cade Smith.

Armstrong recorded his ninth save of the season in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Mets, giving up a hit and striking out two over a scoreless two-thirds of an inning. Phil Maton got the final out of the eighth inning and the first out of the ninth before handing the ball off to Armstrong after a Juan Soto single. Armstrong did give up a drive into right field by Ronny Mauricio that nearly tied the game, but Dustin Harris was able to cut it off before it got into the corner and limit it to a single, and the right-hander then struck out Brandon Nimmo to end the threat. Armstrong has converted six straight save chances since taking over as the Rangers' primary closer in mid-August, and since the All-Star break he's delivered a dazzling 1.09 ERA, 0.69 WHIP and 26:5 K:BB in 24.2 innings.