Quote (Genetics @ Aug 30 2016 01:56pm)
yes someone will
very little if no risk involved and at worst hes a publicity stunt that boosts attendance
Would he be more appealing for an AL team? He would only have to worry about hitting as a DH.
Tim Tebow can swing a bat. He can hit a fastball. The problem is he'll see a lot of breaking pitches I'm sure.
He's going to need a year or two in the minor leagues to learn how to see and hit various pitches.
So we're probably talking about 30 or 31 years old if he ever reaches the Major Leagues.
What's funny is Tim Tebow was an outstanding baseball player, a natural hitter with incredible power, playing for Nease High School in 2004 and 2005. If only he had decided to play baseball in college (not football) and had stuck with it all of these years.
Good read here from Tebow's old baseball coach at Nease.http://nesn.com/2016/08/swinging-for-the-fences-what-tim-tebows-baseball-past-says-about-mlb-hopes/Kevin Fagan, Tebow’s baseball coach at Nease during his sophomore season, recalls one of his first interactions with the future college football star. “He walked in at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds as a sophomore, and I saw him bench 350 pounds,” Fagan told NESN.com in a recent phone interview. “I said, ‘Can you even drive yet, kid?’ ”
Tebow primarily played first base and right field as a Nease sophomore. Tebow was a “solid” player, Fagan says, hitting about .300 that season, but certainly wasn’t the star of the team. Tebow already had one thing going for him, though: Raw, incredible power. Take the time Nease played a game at Florida Air Academy, of which future MLB star Prince Fielder was a recent graduate. “(Tebow) hits a baseball that bounces off a dormitory beyond left field,” Fagan recalls. “Their coach says, ‘I’ve never seen Prince Fielder do that.’ He hits another one over an equipment shed in right field. And the guy is like, ‘Holy crap, that’s the farthest I’ve seen anything hit in my life.’ ”
Or the time a Colorado Rockies scout came to watch Nease’s star shortstop and got the Tebow Experience instead. “Tebow hits one from Nease’s home plate to beyond second base on the far softball field (about 400 feet),” Fagan says. “And (the scout) says to me, ‘Who is that guy?’ ”
Tebow translated that power into success in a breakout junior season, batting .494 with four homers and 30 RBI while earning All-State honors. That Tebow, whom Fagan described as “a 15-year-old boy in a 25-year-old man’s body,” has the raw athleticism and talent of a big leaguer shouldn’t be a surprise at this point.
That said, hitting and fielding at a level consistent enough to rise through the minor league ranks and reach the pros is a different story. Fagan knows Tebow faces an uphill battle, but he also knows his former player has a huge competitive streak and an almost manical work ethic.
This post was edited by Madmartigan on Aug 30 2016 01:25pm