10-16-26 Bloomdaddy Show

And there's one right now, and that's Rays-Guardians game four of the ALCS.

The starter is Sean Armstrong.

Scott Davidson looked at me, our gambling expert this morning, he goes, "Guess who's starting tonight?" I hadn't seen it yet.

I said, "Joey Cantillo?" "Nope." "Slade Saccone?" "Nope." "Tanner Bibee?" "Nope." "Matt Festa?" I mean, I'm pulling.

He goes, "Sean Armstrong." Really? Interesting.

In relief this postseason, he's been lights out.

Five and a third, five K's, one hit.

But you wanna talk about a Cinderella story.

I'm gonna go over his background a little bit.

And to think that he is starting game four, whatever the reason, still a fantastic story.

The Rays are gonna counter with Nick Martinez.

He's 36 years of age.

He went 15 and six this season with a .310 ERA.

During the season, devastated us.

I mean, ate us up.

He won both of his starts.

He gave up just seven hits, one walk over 13 scoreless innings.

We hit 159 against him.

Hopefully, that changes today.

Back to Armstrong.

I mentioned it, one hit and five and a third with five strikeouts this postseason.

This guy has played for the Guardians, Mariners, Orioles, Marlins, Rays, Cardinals, Cubs, and Rangers.

We took him in the 18th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.

2017, we traded Armstrong to the Mariners for international bonus pool money.

You know what that means? We didn't think a whole lot about him.

And there's one right now, and that's Rays-Guardians game four of the ALCS.

The starter is Sean Armstrong.

Scott Davidson looked at me, our gambling expert this morning, he goes, "Guess who's starting tonight?" I hadn't seen it yet.

I said, "Joey Cantillo?" "Nope." "Slade Saccone?" "Nope." "Tanner Bibee?" "Nope." "Matt Festa?" I mean, I'm pulling.

He goes, "Sean Armstrong." Really? Interesting.

In relief this postseason, he's been lights out.

Five and a third, five K's, one hit.

But you wanna talk about a Cinderella story.

I'm gonna go over his background a little bit.

And to think that he is starting game four, whatever the reason, still a fantastic story.

The Rays are gonna counter with Nick Martinez.

He's 36 years of age.

He went 15 and six this season with a .310 ERA.

During the season, devastated us.

I mean, ate us up.

He won both of his starts.

He gave up just seven hits, one walk over 13 scoreless innings.

We hit 159 against him.

Hopefully, that changes today.

Back to Armstrong.

I mentioned it, one hit and five and a third with five strikeouts this postseason.

This guy has played for the Guardians, Mariners, Orioles, Marlins, Rays, Cardinals, Cubs, and Rangers.

We took him in the 18th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.

2017, we traded Armstrong to the Mariners for international bonus pool money.

You know what that means? We didn't think a whole lot about him.