PORT ST. LUCIE — Blade Tidwell used a subtraction lesson to begin receiving higher outcomes towards the top of final season.
A right-hander with a giant fastball who’s regarded among the many Mets’ prime pitching prospects, the 23-year-old Tidwell mentioned he was throwing as many as 9 completely different pitches final season for Triple-A Syracuse. It wasn’t till he decreased that quantity to 5 that he felt higher about his outings.
“I think I was trying to work on a lot of things and too many things at that,” Tidwell mentioned this week. “By the end of the year I kind of narrowed my sights and focused on what I need to do to get to the next level. And I think by the end of the year it was working for me and then I am trying to carry that momentum on to right now.”
Total, Tidwell pitched to a 5.93 ERA in 19 appearances (17 of which have been begins) for Syracuse. However in 5 of his final seven begins he allowed two earned runs or fewer.
