Blade Tidwell

Janzen Blade Tidwell attended the University of Tennessee for two years where he went 13-5 with a 3.53 ERA with 45 walks and 141 strikeouts in 31 career games (27 starts)…Named to the USA Baseball National Collegiate Team after his freshman season at Tennessee alongside fellow farmhand Drew Gilbert...Attended Loretto HS (Tenn.) where his velocity was clocked as high as 97 mph...Was the 2019 Tennessee Class A Mr. Baseball after hitting .557 with 35 runs, 30 extra-base hits, six home runs and 15 steals while posting an 8-0 record with two saves and 107 strikeouts in 53.0 IP as a junior...At Loretto High School, was teammates with Marlins LHP Ryan Weathers...Threw an immaculate inning on March 1, 2025, at Tampa Bay in Spring Training...Struck out Josh Lowe, Eloy Jiménez and José Caballero on nine pitches in the second inning.

2024

Split the season between Triple-A Syracuse and Double-A Binghamton, where he combined to go 3-13 with a 4.86 ERA (66 ER/122.1 IP) with 64 walks and 121 strikeouts in 26 games...Entered the season as the 10th-ranked prospect in the Mets’ organization and the second-best pitcher, according to MLB Pipeline.

2023

Combined to go 11-6 with a 3.57 ERA (46 ER/116.0 IP) with 63 walk and 153 strikeouts in 25 starts between Brooklyn (A+) and Binghamton (AA)…Led Mets minor leaguers with 11 wins, and a .210 opponents average, was second in ERA (3.57), strikeouts (153), fourth in innings (116.0) and fifth in WHIP (1.29)…Led all Mets Minor League pitchers with a 31.4% strikeout rate.

2022

Made his professional debut with the FCL Mets before he was transferred to the St. Lucie Mets...Combined to go 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA (2 ER/9.1 IP) with seven walks and 11 strikeouts.