Toronto Blue Jays top prospect Ricky Tiedemann began a rehab assignment in the Florida Complex League on Friday, and the young flamethrower showed little-to-no rust against the Philadelphia Phillies&#8217; FCL affiliate.
Tiedemann, sidelined since May 4 due to a left biceps injury, completed two near-perfect innings and struck out three batters before departing after the second inning. The only baserunner that reached against him came courtesy of a throwing error from the 20-year-old lefty.
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Ricky Tiedemann&#8217;s start is finished after 2.0 hitless innings vs Phillies FC squad. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a>
2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB &amp; 3 K
Tiedemann&#8217;s only blemish was a throwing error in the 2nd inning. <a href="https://t.co/HdT0otkwBC">https://t.co/HdT0otkwBC</a>
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It marked an important first step for Tiedemann, who had resumed throwing for several weeks at the organization&#8217;s Player Development Complex in Dunedin leading up to his highly-anticipated return to game action.
New Hampshire Fisher Cats pitching coach Drew Hayes <a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/fisher-cats-hayes-on-tiedemanns-upcoming-fcl-outings-the-hope-is-that-he-feels-good/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined Sportsnet&#8217;s Jays Talk Plus with Blake Murphy on Friday</a>, saying the goal is for Tiedemann to make a few FCL starts over these next few weeks with &#8220;the hope that he feels good&#8221; and maintains his velocity throughout each outing.
The 6-foot-4 lefty was off to a decent start at double-A prior to landing on the IL, pitching to a 4.97 ERA, 1.51 FIP and a 29.6 per cent strikeout-to-walk rate difference over 12.2 innings in four starts.
Last season, Tiedemann climbed three levels (low-A, high-A, double-A) during his inaugural professional season, posting a 2.17 ERA, 2.51 FIP with 117 strikeouts and only 29 walks across 78.2 innings through 18 starts.
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Toronto Blue Jays top prospect Ricky Tiedemann began a rehab assignment in the Florida Complex League on Friday, and the young flamethrower showed little-to-no rust against the Philadelphia Phillies' FCL affiliate.

Tiedemann, sidelined since May 4 due to a left biceps injury, completed two near-perfect innings and struck out three batters before departing after the second inning. The only baserunner that reached against him came courtesy of a throwing error from the 20-year-old lefty.
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Ricky Tiedemann's start is finished after 2.0 hitless innings vs Phillies FC squad. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a>
2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB &amp; 3 K

Tiedemann's only blemish was a throwing error in the 2nd inning. <a href="https://t.co/HdT0otkwBC">https://t.co/HdT0otkwBC</a>

— Thomas Hall (@ThomasHall85) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomasHall85/status/1682428855116505088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
It marked an important first step for Tiedemann, who had resumed throwing for several weeks at the organization's Player Development Complex in Dunedin leading up to his highly-anticipated return to game action.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats pitching coach Drew Hayes <a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/fisher-cats-hayes-on-tiedemanns-upcoming-fcl-outings-the-hope-is-that-he-feels-good/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined Sportsnet's Jays Talk Plus with Blake Murphy on Friday</a>, saying the goal is for Tiedemann to make a few FCL starts over these next few weeks with "the hope that he feels good" and maintains his velocity throughout each outing.

The 6-foot-4 lefty was off to a decent start at double-A prior to landing on the IL, pitching to a 4.97 ERA, 1.51 FIP and a 29.6 per cent strikeout-to-walk rate difference over 12.2 innings in four starts.

Last season, Tiedemann climbed three levels (low-A, high-A, double-A) during his inaugural professional season, posting a 2.17 ERA, 2.51 FIP with 117 strikeouts and only 29 walks across 78.2 innings through 18 starts.

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