After being scratched from his spring training debut with a hamstring issue, Toronto Blue Jays' top prospect Ricky Tiedemann got a positive injury update.
Per Keegan Matheson of MLB.com:
#BlueJays No. 1 prospect Ricky Tiedemann had an MRI that revealed minor inflammation between his hamstring and calf muscles. Schneider isn’t expecting him to miss much time. Day-to-day. Overall, good news.
That's certainly good news for a player that has dealt with a heavy dose of frustration over the last year. Tiedemann pitched in only 44 innings a season ago because of arm issues and was hoping to start off the 2024 season on the right foot. Despite this setback, he is expected to make his big league debut at some point this year.
Tiedemann enters the season at the No. 1 prospect in the organization and the No. 29 prospect in all of baseball.
The following comes from his MLB.com prospect profile:
While he sat around 93-94 mph as an amateur, the 6-foot-4 lefty started being around 95-96 mph, touching higher, with his heater after adding muscle in the offseason. The pitch has some sink to it as well and helped Tiedemann force healthy amounts of ground-ball contact. That said, his mid-80s, diving changeup has become arguably his best pitch with the way it generates whiffs, and that helped him limit righties to a .153 average in 2022. His low-80s, sweeping slider shows plus potential, though it needs to be a little more consistent to give Tiedemann his true third weapon.
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