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Shawn Armstrong
B/T R/R · 6' 2" · 225 lb · born New Bern, NC, USA · age 36 · draft 2011 rd 18 · played P 47 · MLB debut 2015-08-08
169 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Shawn Armstrong is a 36-year-old right-hander from New Bern, North Carolina, drafted in the 18th round in 2011. Across 411 MLB games he has struck out 468; in three appearances over the last 14 days he managed one.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $1.50M
- Tax hit
- $5.50M
- Service time
- 8 yr 113 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
The deal 1 year $5.5M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$5.5M (26)+27 m opt · agent ISE
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 |
|---|---|
| Cash | $1.5M |
| Tax hit | Option |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Cleveland Guardians.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $5.50M
- Guaranteed
- $5.50M
- Term
- 1 yr
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $4.0M | $8.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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The Bureau on Shawn Armstrong
The scouting press, in their own words
Shawn Armstrong will still be the opener for the Guardians after the rainout, Guardians manager Stephen Vogt announces
And Shawn Armstrong, who was scheduled to open for Cleveland tonight, will open for Cleveland tomorrow, Stephen Vogt said. https://t.co/N7DiGjTPgq
Umpire favor
+1.7 net runs over 25 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The postseason
Shawn Armstrong’s playoff games, each on its reconciled card. Kept apart from the season line below — none of it is counted in a season number on this page.
- AL League Championship Series, Game 6 · CLE vs. TB · 1.0 IP, 0 K, 1 ER
- AL League Championship Series, Game 5 · CLE vs. TB · 1.1 IP, 0 K, 0 ER
- AL League Championship Series, Game 4 · CLE vs. TB · 1.0 IP, 1 K, 0 ER
- AL League Championship Series, Game 2 · CLE vs. TB · 1.2 IP, 1 K, 0 ER
- AL Division Series, Game 4 · CLE vs. CWS · 1.2 IP, 2 K, 0 ER
- AL Division Series, Game 3 · CLE vs. CWS · 0.2 IP, 1 K, 0 ER
- AL Division Series, Game 2 · CLE vs. CWS · 1.1 IP, 1 K, 0 ER
The line
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