Gregor Chisholm: Blue Jays can breathe easier knowing top prospect Ricky Tiedemann won’t need surgery
on Tuesday and, while the news wasn’t all positive, it was about as close to a best-case scenario as could have been expected.
A torn ligament or rotator cuff issue would have ended his 2023 season and put next year in doubt as well. Instead, barring any unexpected setbacks, Tiedemann should be back on the mound well before summer officially hits in late June. Timelines on similar injuries vary from two to six weeks. Tiedemann’s latest setback might explain a shoulder issue he was dealing with this spring. The former third-round pick was shut down midway through camp with soreness but returned to make his season debut on April 14 at Double-A, where he allowed seven runs across four outings before getting shut down for the second time.
While those two scenarios can’t be ruled out, they’re not as realistic as they were a couple months ago. Last season in the minors, Tiedemann threw 78 2/3 innings. He was expected to throw more than 100 this year, which would have put him approximately one season away from handling a big-league workload. He had thrown 12 2/3 before being shut down.
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