ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pitching prospect Blade Tidwell will be called up by the New York Mets to make his major league debut as the starter Sunday at the St. Louis Cardinals, manager Carlos Mendoza said Friday.
The Mets are in a stretch of playing on 13 consecutive days, and promoting Tidwell will allow their other starters to get a break.
“He earned it,” Mendoza said of Tidwell, a second-round draft pick in 2022. “We know the stuff is there. We saw flashes of it in spring training. And the way he’s been throwing the ball, especially of late.