The Blue Jays have selected the contract of top pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann, per a club announcement. They’re now up to 38 players on the 40-man roster.
Tiedemann, 23, didn’t pitch this past season while recovering from Tommy John surgery performed in July 2024. Be that as it may, given how highly regarded the 2021 third-rounder had become prior to that injury, he’d surely have been scooped up by a non-contending club in next month’s Rule 5 Draft.
Though Tiedemann still hasn’t topped the 78 2/3 innings he pitched in his first full professional season back in 2022, he ranked among the game’s top 100 prospects at Baseball America in each of the past three offseasons. He’s pitched to a career 3.02 ERA in the minors and fanned a gargantuan 39.6% of his opponents. His 11.9% walk rate clearly needs refinement, but the 6’4″, 220-pound Tiedemann carries substantial upside as a potential playoff-caliber starter or a late-game reliever with possibly elite bat-missing abilities.
Thats a name I havent heard in a while.
No surprise here.
No surprise either when he ultimately makes it back on the IL
Jays left some pretty decent prospects available for rule 5 draft. I would have protrcted pinango and kesavich. Then dfa lucas and schultz
If he thinks he can strike everyone out he will be! These young men should take a page from Yamamoto and watch him command the strike zone. Jays lethal lineup couldn’t figure him out!
Nate Pearson was much more touted than Tiedman, not same Tier at all.
It would be interesting to see if Tiedeman could be good out of the Bullpen as he works his way back. Hard throwing lefty would be nice.