The Toronto Blue Jays have updated their top prospect’s injury.
Ricky Tiedemann, the top prospect for the Toronto Blue Jays, received good news on his injuries after missing his spring training debut due to a hamstring strain.
As per MLB.com’s Keegan Matheson: Prospect #1 for the #BlueJays An MRI on Ricky Tiedemann showed some mild irritation between his calf and hamstring muscles. Schneider does not anticipate him missing much time. daily. All in all, positive news.
For a player who has experienced a great lot of frustration over the past year, that is undoubtedly excellent news. Due to arm troubles, Tiedemann only threw 44 innings in the previous season. He hoped to get off to a strong start in 2024. He is still anticipated to make his major league debut this year, despite this setback.
Tiedemann is ranked as the organization’s top prospect going into the season and as the 29th best prospect overall in baseball.
This information is taken from his prospect profile on MLB.com:
After gaining muscle in the winter, the 6-foot-4 lefty began hitting about 95–96 mph, sometimes even higher, with his heater after he had been hitting around 93–94 mph as an amateur. Additionally, there is considerable sink to the pitch, which assisted Tiedemann in forcing a good percentage of ground ball contact. Nevertheless, because of the whiffs it produces, his mid-80s sinking changeup has emerged as maybe his greatest weapon; in 2022, it allowed him to hold righties to a.153 average. He has great potential with his low-80s sweeping slider, but it has to be a bit more reliable to be Tiedemann’s true third weapon.