Tennessee baseball is about to get even better — a scary statement for the rest of the SEC. The No. 1 starter for the Volunteers has missed the entire season to this point, but Blade Tidwell is close to a return.
“Blade just threw this morning,” Tony Vitello said Thursday. “He’s not very far off at all from being able to see game action.”
Tidwell, a top right-handed MLB prospect, has missed time due to a shoulder issue that popped up in January. He’s coming off of a freshman campaign that saw him make 18 starts, posting a 10-3 record and a 3.