Ricky Tiedemann’s hot start at the double-A level continued on Wednesday with another strong outing.
Coming off a dominant nine strikeout performance last week in his season debut, the 20-year-old faced the New York Yankees affiliated Somerset Patriots, twirling 3.2 innings of one-run ball while allowing one hit, walking a pair and striking out six.
Toronto’s No. 1 prospect according to MLB Pipeline ran into trouble at times, namely during the first inning when he allowed Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez to score via a sacrifice fly after walking him earlier. As Tiedemann settled down, however, the tantalizing southpaw once again showed off his electric stuff, including generating 12 swings and misses on 59 pitches, both season highs.
“My stuff works, but obviously, you got to keep working on certain pitches,” Tiedemann said Tuesday on the Blair and Barker show. “I'm going to keep working on those throughout each affiliate game, and hopefully, I can get them all in sync at the same time and help the team out.”
Those with the big league club have also certainly taken note of Tiedemann’s early season success.
“He did all right,” said John Schnieder after the lefty’s dominant first outting. “He felt good afterwards. I don’t know what else he needs to do in double-A."
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