Ricky Tiedemann continues to work himself up in the Blue Jays minor leagues.
The Toronto Blue Jays have had what seems like a laundry list of injuries this season in all facets of the major league roster.
The injury bug hasn't been limited to the Blue Jays' big leaguers, and one of the team's best prospects in the minor leagues has dealt with his own ailments this season on what is becoming a career filled with setbacks.
Left-handed pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann was a non-roster invite to spring training this year and looked to have a chance to break camp with Toronto.
Tiedemann entered this spring having missed all of 2025 with Tommy John surgery, but experienced elbow discomfort in his throwing arm that delayed his ramp up. During the beginning stages of his rehab assignment, the team's No. 10 prospect (per MLB Pipeline) experienced shoulder and neck discomfort that prevented him from making a scheduled rehab outing with the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays.
Tiedemann has bounced back from his shoulder and neck discomfort and has made a pair of rehab outings in the last week with Dunedin, both out of the bullpen.
In those two outings, Tiedemann has struck out three batters and has allowed one hit in two innings of work. He hasn't issued a free base or allowed a run.
Tiedemann's second outing, which came Wednesday, represented a positive step forward for the injury-plagued left-hander.
He pitched his second outing in four days, the first time he's done so in a month since the neck and shoulder discomfort popped up.
Tiedemann was originally selected in the third round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of Golden West Junior College.
The southpaw seemed like he was destined to be on a fast track to the major leagues. In his first professional season in 2022, Tiedemann posted a 2.17 ERA and fanned 117 batters in 78.2 innings pitched across 18 starts with the Florida Complex League Blue Jays, High-A Vancouver Canadians and Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
Tiedemann made starts with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons in 2023-24 but injuries delayed him taking the next step to the big leagues. He hasn't made more than 15 starts in a season since his amazing first season and has had just 12 outings (10 starts) over the last three seasons.
According to a post on "X" from the Athletic's Mitch Bannon, the best way for Tiedemann to potentially make his major league debut this season seems to be in a one-inning relief role, which makes sense given his injury history.
That role, and any other big league impact Tiedemann has with the club in the future is completely dependent on health. And if the 23-year-old is able to avoid being hurt, there's a strong possibility Toronto gives him a look before the end of the year.
