Former Liberal Bee Jay Tyce Armstrong will be in Yankee pinstripes. The Yankees selected the Baylor first baseman who played for the Bee Jays in 2022. Armstrong went to the New York Yankees in the 19th round as the 578th overall pick.
In 2022, Armstrong hit .338 with nine home runs 51 RBI’s, 13 doubles, and one triple for a B.J. team which finished 34-5 under coach Eric Olmstead. Armstrong hit a walk off home run in the 4th of July game that year.
He is 6’4″ and 228 pounds and is from Magnolia, Texas. He played at Texas-Arlington before transferring to Baylor.
Armstrong had a huge year for Baylor and has been nominated for an ESPY after three grand slams in Baylor’s opener. Armstrong picked up a pair of All-America honors in 2026 after breaking Baylor’s single-season home run record. He batted .338 and slugged .757 on the year with 39 of his 71 hits going for extra bases, including 14 doubles, one triple and his record-setting 24 home runs. Armstrong posted a 1.210 OPS, good for fifth-best in the Big 12, and ranked tied for 10th nationally with his 24 long balls.
Tyce was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, Armstrong was also an All-Big 12 First Team selection as voted on by the league’s head coaches. He was tabbed Baseball America’s National First Baseman of the Week three times, and twice earned Perfect Game National Player of the Week honors in addition to a pair of NCBWA National Hitter of the Week honors. Additionally, Armstrong earned Academic All-America praise after maintaining a 3.81 GPA in sports management as a graduate student at Baylor.