Ricky Tiedemann struggled with command in his latest start

Ricky Tiedemann returned from his rehab assignment, and didn’t have a great outing.

On Wednesday, the Blue Jays activated their top prospect off the 7-day Injured List, returning to Triple-A to pitch for the Buffalo Bisons. The 21-year-old had success in the four rehab appearances, finishing with a 4.32 ERA and a 2.76 FIP in 8.1 innings pitched, along with a 47.1 K% and an 11.8 BB% between the Florida Complex League and Single-A.

Well, his first outing since April 11 didn’t go all that well, as he finished with a line of 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K. Let’s take a look at what happened, as well as a deeper dive into the stats.

Tiedemann threw a strike to the first batter he faced, Weston Wilson, before throwing four straight balls for a walk. Wilson was moved to second thanks to a ground out, before Tiedemann got his second out thanks to a flyout.

After that though, he struggled with his command. Tiedemann walked former Blue Jay prospect Nick Podkul on four pitches, before Jim Haley singled in Wilson to tack an earned run on Tiedemann’s line. The young left-handed pitcher then walked another batter, as another former Blue Jay prospect, Cal Stevenson, walked on six pitches.

Thankfully, he was able to get Scott Kingery to strike out, ending the inning. In the process, Tiedemann threw 27 pitches, only 12 of which were for strikes. Although he was slated for 80 pitches, he reached his pitch count for an inning and was pulled after just an inning.