Jake "Army" Armstrong

Jake "Army" Armstrong pitches right-handed for the Glow Mojis in number 5, and 2026 marks his Cosmic Baseball debut. Fans spot him by the U.S. flag he wears as a cape during Cosmic games.

His official bio traces a long road to the glow. He pitched at UW-Milwaukee for three seasons, then at Western Illinois from 2021 to 2023, where he earned Breakthrough Athlete of the Year honors in his final college season. In 2024 he threw 91 innings with 64 strikeouts for the Joliet Slammers of the Frontier League, and he has since pitched independent ball with the Birmingham-Bloomfield Beavers of the USPBL.

On the Cosmic Confessions podcast (September 9, 2026) Jake walked through his path in baseball, how he earned the nickname Army, and why he wears the flag cape. The episode also touched on the heavy travel that comes with the tour.

He is active online. His Instagram, @jake_armstrong5, showed about 11,000 followers in early November 2026 with the bio "It's Army!", his Glow Mojis tag and a Professional Cosmic Player label, plus a link hub for his other pages. His TikTok under the same handle showed roughly 3,300 followers and about 200,000 total likes. We could not read individual post captions on either platform.