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Jays blown away by rookie flame-thrower Ricky Tiedemann: ‘I wish I was his agent’

“A lefty throwing 97, 98 (miles per hour) with a couple of different breaking balls, nasty change-up,” said Kiermaier. “To me, he looked like he had four plus-plus pitches today. I’m all in on him. He’s a guy who could help us right now. With an arm like that, he could get very good professional hitters out over and over.”

“He looked like he belongs,” said Rob Brantly, the eight-year big-league veteran who caught Tiedemann. “Extremely poised, made quality pitches, was focusing on the present task at hand and that’s really what it takes. The guys who can do that the best are generally the most consistent, and he’s doing it at a young age. I’m excited to see what else he’s going to do in camp, especially when games get started.”