The ball is returned to Mets pitcher Blade Tidwell as he makes his major-league debut against the Cardinals on Sunday, May 4, ...

New York Mets' right-hander Blade Tidwell had some trouble with his off-speed stuff in his major league debut on Sunday.

Mets rookie righty Blade Tidwell wiggled through trouble early in his debut but succumbed in the fourth inning Sunday against ...

Blade Tidwell was called up by the New York Mets, setting up the Tennessee baseball product to make his MLB debut Sunday ...

Blade Tidwell got the call for the first time. The New York Mets right-hander was called up to the big leagues to make his ...

Tidwell found out he was headed to the majors when Eric Jagers, vice president of pitching, called him early Friday.

The right-hander was likely to be demoted regardless of his performance in Sunday's matinee, but being optioned back to Syracuse is fitting after an ugly big-league debut. Tidwell has struggled to a 5 ...

Blade Tidwell is getting the chance he has craved. Tidwell will start the game, and pitching is what he’s best equipped to do ...

The Mets selected Tidwell's contract from Triple-A Syracuse ahead of his scheduled start in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader with the Cardinals in St. Louis. Tidwell is likely to be in line for ...

Willson Contreras drove in three runs, sparking the Cardinals to a 6-5 victory over the Mets​ in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday.

Blade Tidwell was a young star of Mets spring training, boasting a blazing fastball, a bigger-than-previously frame and — one day in March during a Grapefruit League game — an immaculate inning, three ...