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Ricky Tiedemann To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

By Mark Polishuk | July 27, 2024 at 11:44am CDT

Blue Jays pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann will undergo Tommy John surgery on Tuesday, manager John Schneider told reporters (including The Athletic’s Kaitlyn McGrath).  It is a traditional TJ procedure rather than the increasingly popular brace procedure, and as a result Tiedemann will probably miss the entire 2025 season.

Tiedemann left a Triple-A outing on July 10 due to tightness in his left forearm, and had reportedly received multiple opinions about how to proceed with the injury.  Such a situation usually hints that surgery is being considered, and unfortunately for Tiedemann, he’ll now face the toughest setback yet of a pro career that has already been marked by injuries.

A third-round pick for Toronto in the 2021 draft, Tiedemann quickly got himself on the top-100 prospect radar with an impressive 2022 season that saw him go from A-ball to high-A to Double-A over the course of the year (totaling 78 2/3 innings).  He was limited to only 44 frames in 2023, however, due to biceps and shoulder injuries, though Tiedemann did make his Triple-A debut with a single start for Buffalo.  Calf and hamstring soreness slowed his work in Spring Training, and a bout of ulnar nerve inflammation sidelined him on Buffalo’s injured list earlier this season, which now looks like a precursor to his Tommy John surgery.  Tiedemann has thrown 17 1/3 innings spread over three minor league levels in 2024, with a 5.19 ERA and an unpalatable 19.28% walk rate.

All told, Tiedemann has thrown only 140 minor league innings over three professional seasons, plus 18 more frames in the 2023 Arizona Fall League.  He’ll only nominally add to that total during whatever minor league rehab work comes in 2025, and a Major League debut that at one point seemed likely in 2023 has now almost surely been pushed back to 2026.

Tiedemann doesn’t turn 22 until next month so youth is on his side, and he can certainly still be viewed as a key piece of the Blue Jays’ future.  But obviously, it is anyone’s guess as to how the southpaw will bounce back after essentially two lost seasons of development, not to mention how his elbow may or may not hold up in the aftermath of a TJ procedure.  Though Tiedemann has yet to reach the big leagues, there are some comparisons here to another highly-touted Jays pitching prospect in Nate Pearson, who has been used exclusively as a reliever in the last two seasons due to health concerns.  (Ironically, Pearson’s Jays tenure ended today when he was dealt to the Cubs.)

Losing Tiedemann to major UCL surgery only adds to the Blue Jays’ all-around disappointment of a 2024 season.  Expecting to contend and reach the playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons, Toronto has instead sputtered to a 47-56 record, and only five teams have a worse winning percentage than the Jays’ .456 mark.  The trades of Pearson and Yimi Garcia have signaled that a retool is coming at the trade deadline, and while the team reportedly still plans to reload for another shot at contention in 2025, plenty of questions have to be asked about whether this strategy is viable, or if Schneider or GM Ross Atkins are the people best fit to get Toronto back to winning baseball.

The lack of minor league support is one strike against the Jays’ reload plans, as the club hasn’t been able to generate much in the way of in-house talent.  Tiedemann and Orelvis Martinez are the only two Blue Jays players in MLB Pipeline’s current top 100 prospects list, and Tiedemann is now slated for TJ surgery while Martinez is serving an 80-game PED suspension.

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25 Comments

  1. tigers182

    12 months ago

    Probably the least surprising TJS candidate. Hopefully he makes a full recovery.

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  2. bjhaas1977

    12 months ago

    Manfred Surgery

    Reply
    • Big Hurt

      12 months ago

      Huh?

      Reply
  3. jamesryu14

    12 months ago

    Foook me

    Reply
  4. jamesryu14

    12 months ago

    Eff me

    Reply
  5. jamesryu14

    12 months ago

    Sheet

    Reply
  6. Dustyslambchops23

    12 months ago

    All in all one of the worst Jays seasons of all time

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    • GB85

      12 months ago

      Utter disaster on just about every level.

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      Reply
    • Digdugler

      12 months ago

      Jays have one of the worst farms in the league (and major league teams). In addition to having an atrocious farm system, their top 3 prospects are Tommy John, Tommy John and suspended for steroids.

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    • bestone

      12 months ago

      Started last off season…having a plane coming to Toronto with Otani in it…..before spring training….at least Votto is signed….vogelbach can still run….whatzat?…huh? Glad they’ve got money to burn….

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      Reply
  7. BirdieMan

    12 months ago

    Can’t even keep track of TJ guys anymore.

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    • For Love of the Game

      12 months ago

      Even more “popular” than Cash Considerations.

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      Reply
  8. Digdugler

    12 months ago

    why did he wait so long? should have had TJ immediately! he has had arm troubles for 2 years!

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  9. Blackpink in the area

    12 months ago

    On a positive note he’s still very young. And the timing isn’t too bad either he should be good to go for 2026.

    Reply
  10. CTS4

    12 months ago

    And this is as good as it gets with shapiro and his carryon baggage atkins at the helm….Disaster

    Reply
  11. NoSaint

    12 months ago

    Because of course.

    Reply
  12. isolatedpower

    12 months ago

    I thought he was supposed to have TJ surgery 3 months ago

    Reply
  13. Sk8

    12 months ago

    The problem is within the Jays’ minor league system. Too many guys are getting hurt plus very few players are developing into viable major leaguers. It’s time to fire everyone and start poaching coaches from Tampa Bay.

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    • Murphy NFLD

      12 months ago

      As a jays fan I’d have to agree. What I find most ironic in within the last 3 years or so they heavily upgraded there ST facility in Dunedin to supposedly make it “the best training facility” as well as heavily invested in the “high performance department”. Sense this happened quite literally every high ranking pitcher in there system with Eric Pardihno being the first to have TJ and fall apart to Nate Pearson’s injury woes starting then Ricky Tiedaman’ issues began. After that this season came and Tiedaman along with the other 2 top pitching prospects had TJ aswell. Clearly everyone of note that pitches who you would think would start getting extra attention has had there arm nearly fall off

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  14. Stieb Cooperstown

    12 months ago

    Tiedemann is Dustin McGowan redux. oh the lost potential….

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  15. JV

    12 months ago

    Feel bad for the kid….He’s had some tough luck with the injuries….

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  16. its_happening

    12 months ago

    Inning limits have not worked.

    Tiedemann will return for 2026, and the Jays better hope he shows up ready to roll. Because of the lack of farm system, he was the only one worth trading over the last year or so, and they couldn’t due to lack of arms being developed in the minors.

    Here’s to a recovery and a big career ahead.

    Reply
  17. yomamaspimp

    12 months ago

    They should just trade him to the Cubs now for a pair of prospects who profile as a 4th outfielder and a utility infielder.

    Reply
  18. jimmertee

    12 months ago

    its good that he went for 2nd and 3rd opinions. I wonder why it took 2 years to get this diagnosis.

    Hopefully he heals well and comes back better than ever. Great prospect.

    Reply
    • Dolla Bill

      12 months ago

      #scoutseye

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