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College  | Story  | 4/5/2021

College Reports: April 4

Vincent Cervino      Kyler Peterson      Colton Olinger      Brian Sakowski     
Photo: Blade Tidwell (Tennessee Athletic Communications)
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Players covered: Blade Tidwell (Tennessee), Sean Hunley (Tennessee), Luke Smith (Louisville), Rhett Lowder (Wake Forest), Eric Adler (Wake Forest), Camden Minacci (Wake Forest), Hunter Furtado (Wake Forest), Ross Dunn (Florida State), Davis Palermo (North Carolina), Shawn Rapp (North Carolina), Chase Lee (Alabama), Jonathan Brand (Miami)




Blade Tidwell, RHP, Tennessee
Tennessee has turned to freshman Blade Tidwell as their No. 3 starter on the weekends and they've received quality innings out of the right-hander with a 4-1 record and a team record of 6-1 in his seven starts, while Tidwell has taken the ball into the sixth inning or later in each of his last four starts. 

The frame and body are ideal for a starter at 6-foot-4, 200 pounds and he could potentially add even more to the frame moving forward. The fastball velocity is already average to solid-average for a starter sitting 92-95 mph in his 5 1/3 innings on Sunday against Alabama, but he'll need to find some movement or refine his command moving forward to miss more barrels. 

With the fastball getting hit, he made a nice adjustment to stick mostly with the slider and changeup from the fourth inning on, allowing two runs after a three-run first inning. He does a nice job adding and subtracting from the slider, giving it different looks and shape at times while mostly throwing it at 82-83 mph and breaking it off the plate glove side for swings and misses. The changeup came into play mostly against left-handed bats on the arm side of the plate in the low- to mid-80s.

It's still early in his college career with another year before he is draft eligible again, but the fastball-slider combo will be something to keep an eye on and he continues to refine the overall arsenal.


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