Baylor baseball added two more names to its long draft ledger on Sunday, with redshirt junior right-hander Lucas Davenport and redshirt senior first baseman Tyce Armstrong both coming off the board on Day Two of the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft.
Davenport was taken by the Boston Red Sox in the fifth round with the 156th overall pick. Armstrong followed later in the 19th round, going to the New York Yankees with the 578th overall selection.
The pair now stands as the 157th and 158th Bears drafted all-time. Baylor has had at least one player selected in the first six rounds in seven of the last eight seasons, and the program has now produced draft picks in 34 of the last 36 drafts, stretching back to 1991.
Davenport carved out his spot as Baylor’s Friday-night starter and delivered a solid 2026 season. He went 5-4 with a 6.25 ERA over 63.1 innings in 13 starts, striking out 69 while issuing only 16 walks.
That control helped him rank fourth in the Big 12 with a 4.31 strikeout-to-walk ratio and ninth with 2.27 walks per nine innings allowed. His season included a career-best 12 strikeouts in an April 2 win over BYU, and he later became the first Bear since 2022 to throw a complete game in a May 2 win against Texas Tech.
That outing earned him Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors.
He was also recognized with All-Big 12 Honorable Mention after helping Baylor to nine wins in his 13 starts. Davenport finished his Division I career at 9-6 with a 5.45 ERA and 103 strikeouts in 105.2 innings.
After working out of the bullpen in 2025, he moved into the rotation and made the most of the opportunity. He was a two-time Academic All-District selection and graduated from Baylor with a degree in finance.
Armstrong’s 2026 season was even louder. He picked up two All-America honors after smashing Baylor’s single-season home run record.
He hit .338 and slugged .757, with 39 of his 71 hits going for extra bases. That total included 14 doubles, one triple and 24 home runs.
His 1.210 OPS ranked fifth in the Big 12, and his 24 homers tied for 10th nationally.
The accolades kept piling up for Armstrong, who was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and earned All-Big 12 First Team honors from the league’s head coaches. He was also Baseball America’s National First Baseman of the Week three times, won Perfect Game National Player of the Week twice and collected a pair of NCBWA National Hitter of the Week honors. In the classroom, he added Academic All-America recognition while posting a 3.81 GPA in sports management as a graduate student at Baylor.
Armstrong’s biggest headline came on Opening Day against New Mexico State, when he became the just the second player in NCAA history to hit three grand slams in a single game. He tied Baylor’s single-game record with three home runs and set the school mark with 12 RBIs in the performance, which later earned him an ESPY Award nomination in the category of Best Single-Game Performance.
The selections were the fourth and fifth draft picks under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson, joining Gabe Craig and Tyriq Kemp in 2025 and Mason Marriott in 2024. Davenport became the seventh Bear in program history to be picked by the Red Sox, while Armstrong is the ninth Baylor player to land with the Yankees.
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