Tai Tiedemann is 6-6 pitcher from Lakewood, California. Tiedemann, like Castillo, thrived playing football and baseball in high school. Tiedemann would continue to play two sports when he went to Long Beach Poly, he was the quarterback and played centerfield for the baseball team. It wouldn’t be until his sophomore year where he primarily pitched, that year he went 7-3, had a 2.59 ERA, and struck out 62 batters. 

That lone season was enough for the Texas Rangers to pick the right-hander in the 8th round of the 2016 MLB draft. Tiedemann was primarily used as a starter for the first few seasons before the Rangers moved him into the bullpen. In his first full season as a relief pitcher, he had a 2.99 ERA in 27 games.  

The 28-year-old signed with the RailCats last season and was a mainstay in the starting rotation, making 21 starts. Tiedemann pitched in more innings than any other RailCat(116.1), was 3rd in strikeouts(70), and paced the team in batters faced(541).