Ricky Tiedemann still has yet to resume throwing due to left elbow soreness, Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider told reporters in Dunedin, Fla., on Friday, as relayed by Sportsnet’s Arden Zwelling. 

The oft-injured left-handed pitching prospect, who underwent Tommy John surgery in 2024 and missed all last season, was shut down on Feb. 24 after experiencing discomfort during a recent side session at the club’s player development complex. He underwent an MRI shortly afterwards, which didn’t reveal any structural damage, and was expected to be sidelined for at least a week.

There is optimism for Tiedemann, as Schneider revealed the team hopes he’ll be able to resume throwing in “the next couple of days.”

Injuries have overtaken Tiedemann’s development over the past several seasons, with elbow, biceps and shoulder complications limiting him to just 61.1 combined innings since the start of 2023. As a result, the Blue Jays have already announced that he’ll operate exclusively as a reliever this season, likely working 1-2 innings of relief once fully built up.

The 23-year-old southpaw made four starts at Triple-A before undergoing season-ending UCL surgery almost two years ago, posting an inflated 6.00 ERA and 10.46 FIP with more walks (12) than strikeouts (11) as his elbow injury forced him to alter his mechanics and delivery on the mound.

Before halting his highly anticipated return this spring, Tiedemann had been working on proactive solutions to take better care of his surgically-repaired left arm. The most significant of which included altering the grips of his three-pitch arsenal, particularly his slider, as he told Sportnet’s Shi Davidi earlier this spring.

With those adjustments, Toronto’s once heralded top pitching prospect now features a harder slider while using a cutter grip, and he’s converted his traditional changeup into the growingly popular kick-change, both complementing the improved fastball that he hopes to have better command of moving forward, as Davidi wrote.

Stuff-wise, Tiedemann possesses the qualities of an impact major-league pitcher. He always has. But he also needs to stay on the field to start turning that potential into reality. If he can stay healthy from here, avoiding any extended IL stints, then he could emerge onto the scene as a meaningful high-leverage option for the Blue Jays’ bullpen late in 2026.