Tim Tebow: Baseball Player Thread

[G-Snarls]

[jaysblue]

Thank god the blue jays didn't sign

Tim Tebow. The guy suck at football

he will suck at baseball

 

Good evaluation todd. I agree. He wasn't that good at football, and I doubt he'd be that good at baseball.

[Jonn]

Thank god the blue jays didn't sign

Tim Tebow. The guy suck at football

he will suck at baseball

 

Where would you have ranked him in the top 105 if we had signed him?

[King]

Where would you have ranked him in the top 105 if we had signed him?

 

Players over the age of 23 aren't prospects according to Todd. So he wouldn't have been eligible.

[TheHurl]

So many good ball players have been passed up because they were terrible football players...it's about time it stopped

[King]

100k signing bonus for Tebow

[Terminator]

100k signing bonus for Tebow

 

They should be able to recoup that in minor league ticket sales.

[Jonn]

100k signing bonus for Tebow

 

Must be nice to get 100k to play Baseball Player

[TheHurl]

Looking to be the 2nd Philippine born Major League player ever...joining Bobby Chouinard.

[o2cui2i]

They should be able to recoup that in minor league ticket sales.

 

the prayer factor alone.....

[CBlake]

They should be able to recoup that in minor league ticket sales.

 

Should give the Kingsport Mets (Advanced Rookie, Appalachian League) a boost down in eastern Tennessee after averaging 903 fans this past season in a 2,500 seat stadium. To be honest the Mets can't just stick a circus like this on such a front office. Front office's in short season ball are typically a handful of people supported by a bunch of interns. The year round staff is only a few people. The Mets would really need to stick someone down there to oversea the public/media relations.

 

Now this would be much easier to oversea having him with the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York-Penn League but at the end of the day it will be down to what the Mets decide. My question, is it really that much of a jump from advanced rookie to short-season A?

[CBlake]

He would have to start in full-season ball to get the advanced reps that someone of his age needs. You can't take it slow. As soon as he becomes comfortable with the pace of the game you need to test him in AA. Also, the Mets don't own Kingsport but do own St. Lucie.

 

I agree with that notion. After attending instructional league beginning next week, he then needs to go to the Arizona Fall League and likely one of the winter leagues after that. Spring training and then the a full season A team. St. Lucie like most of the FSL struggles with attendance and would get a huge boost. the league really does only exist because of spring training in the state and the stadiums that come with it.

[Caper]

Good evaluation todd. I agree. He wasn't that good at football, and I doubt he'd be that good at baseball.

 

Who cares if they did. People talk on here like the whole system would shut down if they signed. it's really inconsequential. I'm very interested to see how he will do. I'm almost sure he has no chance of making it. But if he even made it to AA and hit around .250 that would be very impressive to how far he came. Johnny Manziel might have a shot if he plays college baseball this year, he's a lot younger. I think the only player that I can think of that took significant time off and came back to play was Evan Gattis.

[King]

Since you all are getting mad because I think

players over the age of 23 should not be prospects any more.

What do you think is a good age to be still a prospect.

And as for Anthony Alford he was to start this season in buffalo

but was hurt alot of the year and also got sent down two or three leagues

and never made it back. Has not proved in alot of peoples eyes that

he should still be in the top 30 or 60 top prospects.

Also Clinton Hollon was in the blue jays top 30. But he has not played

that much at all and got a 80 game suspension. He has no right to be even talked

about as a top prospect. Look at Chris Colabello nobody wants the guy now.

And he is blaming it on everybody else but himself

 

I would say 25+ aren't really "prospects". It's irrelevant though because minor leaguers that age can still become productive MLB players. It also depends on age level. If you are 23 in short season ball that doesn't bode well for your future. But you can be 23 in AAA and a top prospect in all of the MLB.

[CBlake]

The best two sport player in my eyes was Bo.

 

Talking about two sport guys, former Jays pitcher Mark Hendrickson who played four seasons in the NBA before making the switch to baseball was drafted in 6 consecutive MLB drafts, 1992-1997. Can someone explain to me how that was even possible? Lots of guys are drafted twice, after high school and their junior year, a third time if they stay to their senior year, but six.

[KingKat]

http://66.media.tumblr.com/cfd57a37e63a2f3ae3b17ed79e3a99e2/tumblr_n7ean5QTU31s2djaqo1_500.jpg

[gbill2004]

Tebow probably didn't pick the Jays because he's racist against Canada.

[Jonn]

Tebow probably didn't pick the Jays because he's racist against Canada.

 

Hes a follower of Christ he can't racist... Oh wait

[King]

I would say 25+ aren't really "prospects". It's irrelevant though because minor leaguers that age can still become productive MLB players. It also depends on age level. If you are 23 in short season ball that doesn't bode well for your future. But you can be 23 in AAA and a top prospect in all of the MLB.

 

So Mr. King

You think you can still be a prospect if

you are 25 +. That's not really being a kid

Which is what most people think is a prospect.

But I do agree you can still have a good

mlb player career being 25 +. But not as a

prospect any more.

 

I don't think you read what I said.

[jays4life19]

my bad I misunderstand what I read.

When I put out the end of the year

top 120 prospects. It will have players who are 23 years

of year until the june draft. And it will

depend on they birth date.

 

Todd, we're in the playoffs in the HR contest so i need you to start sending me your picks again via PM

[jiminy]

Anybody else tired of all this David Ortiz retirement stuff? The guy is already making a gazillion dollars and each team is showering gifts on him every city he goes to. I hope the jays don't give him anything

[jaysblue]

Get ready to be pissed off then

He will get something from the

jays

 

Maple syrup?

[gbill2004]

Tim Tebow hit at homerun in first pro at-bat: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/09/28/tim-tebow-home-run-first-at-bat-instructional-league-mets/91221144/

 

Wow!

[jays4life19]

Mods

[Pendleton]

Mods

[Jonn]

Hoods Up America!

[King]

Mods

[Spanky99]

Seriously man... lol

[King]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/09/28/tim-tebows-home-run-creates-more-false-hope/91236646/?hootPostID=c9306ed129ad0cf7bd73671fef765856

 

Tim Tebow gave fans more than reason to cheer Wednesday when he hit a home run on the first pitch of his professional career. He gave them false hope, too.

 

His legion of fans is loyal and loud, and they won’t pay much attention to the fact Tebow, 29, hit the homer in an instructional league game. Or that the homer came off of a pitcher who was 12 years old when Tebow won his first football championship at the University of Florida. Or that he finished the day 1-for-6. Or that the New York Mets seemed as eager to put Tebow’s jersey for sale as they did about Tebow wearing the jersey after the club signed him to a minor-league contract this month.

 

The home run he hit to left center is less telling than the showcase/tryout Tebow held Aug. 30. I saw it with my own eyes in Los Angeles.

 

During batting practice that day, Tebow crushed eight balls over the fences at the University of Southern California's baseball stadium. But let me repeat the operative words: batting practice. Against two former major-league pitchers that day, he was overmatched. And his arm and fielding skills underwhelmed most of the scouts, with 28 of Major League Baseball’s 30 teams represented.

 

As an American League scout told USA TODAY Sports’ Bob Nightengale, “It was a complete waste of time. It was like watching an actor trying to portray a baseball player.’’

 

(The scout requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about his assessment.)

 

There’s no shame in Tebow trying baseball if he is serious about the words on the home page of his website: “True success is not measured in physical possessions, but in the amount of lives you change.’’

 

He has changed lives not just because of his athletic prowess, but because he is thoughtful, intelligent, philanthropic and passionate. And in time his most ardent fans, including the ones convinced Tebow’s home run Wednesday is evidence he can play baseball at the highest level, will have to acknowledge the truth.

 

Tim Tebow is a big-league inspiration, but not a big leaguer.

[Krylian]

It's official. Tebow is going to be the greatest baseball player of all time.