The Ricky Tiedemann Report: Toronto’s top prospect struggled with command in his second start

Diving deeper into the stats, Tiedemann’s fastball averaged 95.5 mph, maxing out at 96.9 mph and the minimum velocity was 93.4 mph on the heater. One again, his velocity and thus his effectiveness could have been hindered as it was only 5 °C in Worcester on Friday. The fastball itself had eight total swings, with only one of them being a swing and miss.

Tiedemann only threw four changeups to make up 9% of his pitch count. It averaged 84.3 mph, which is good separation from the fastball velocity, but only generated one total swing. The slider averaged 81.1 mph and generated one whiff in four total swings.

All in all, it wasn’t a great start for the young left-handed pitcher, as this was the second straight game where he lacked command and control of his pitches. He’ll get his third start next week as the Buffalo Bisons host the Rochester Red Wings starting on Tuesday.

Hopefully, Tiedemann can iron out some of those concerns in that game and return to the form that made him the Blue Jays top prospect.