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Related: About this forumESPN scout: There’s absolutely no baseball justification for Tim Tebow
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/espn-scout-theres-absolutely-no-baseball-justification-for-tim-tebow-232604344.htmlTim Tebow hasnt yet mustered a hit in the Arizona Fall League, where this week he started the second step in his attempt at a baseball career in the New York Mets farm system. So far, Tebow is 0-for-9 with a couple of walks and an RBI on a sacrifice.
On Friday, however, he got sacked. Like a quarterback would. Tebows baseball turn got ripped apart by ESPNs lead scout Keith Law, who called the entire thing a farce and wrote that theres absolutely no baseball justification for Tebow. Ouch....
Heres some of what Law wrote in his scouting report for ESPN, which is only available to ESPN Insiders:
Tim Tebow is in the Arizona Fall League. He might be better suited to playing in an Arizona high school league. His presence here is a farce, and he looks like an imposter pretending to have talent he does not possess.
Then theres this, which addresses some of the flaws in Tebows game:
Tebow the baseball player is not a baseball player; hes a washed-up quarterback who has size and nothing else. His swing is long, and he wields the bat like someone who hasnt played the sport in more than a decade, which he hasnt. He cant catch up to 90 mph, which is well below the major league average for a fastball, and was cutting through fastballs in the zone on Wednesday night. He rolled over twice on fastballs, which is something you generally see professional hitters do only on off-speed stuff, and he showed below-average running speed. In left field, his routes look like those of a wide receiver, although he managed to eventually make his way around to a fly ball in left. In short, theres absolutely no baseball justification for Tebow to be here.
On Friday, however, he got sacked. Like a quarterback would. Tebows baseball turn got ripped apart by ESPNs lead scout Keith Law, who called the entire thing a farce and wrote that theres absolutely no baseball justification for Tebow. Ouch....
Heres some of what Law wrote in his scouting report for ESPN, which is only available to ESPN Insiders:
Tim Tebow is in the Arizona Fall League. He might be better suited to playing in an Arizona high school league. His presence here is a farce, and he looks like an imposter pretending to have talent he does not possess.
Then theres this, which addresses some of the flaws in Tebows game:
Tebow the baseball player is not a baseball player; hes a washed-up quarterback who has size and nothing else. His swing is long, and he wields the bat like someone who hasnt played the sport in more than a decade, which he hasnt. He cant catch up to 90 mph, which is well below the major league average for a fastball, and was cutting through fastballs in the zone on Wednesday night. He rolled over twice on fastballs, which is something you generally see professional hitters do only on off-speed stuff, and he showed below-average running speed. In left field, his routes look like those of a wide receiver, although he managed to eventually make his way around to a fly ball in left. In short, theres absolutely no baseball justification for Tebow to be here.
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ESPN scout: There’s absolutely no baseball justification for Tim Tebow (Original Post)
KamaAina
Oct 2016
OP
Meanwhile, he's taking away an opportunity from someone who truly deserves a chance.
Yavin4
Oct 2016
#2
After 3 Days, Jesus Rose From The Dead. After 4 Days, Tim Tebow Is 0-12 In The Arizona Fall League
Scurrilous
Oct 2016
#4
NO SHIT!!: There’s absolutely no football justification for Tim Tebow, either...
madinmaryland
Oct 2016
#9
ProfessorGAC
(64,877 posts)1. Well, Duh!
Several us here said that weeks ago. He couldn't hit off speed stuff during batting practice.
In his "tryout" he clearly had poor fielding instincts and he never had a good arm. And, he couldn't throw a football 75 feet with accuracy, so why would anyone believe he could throw it 275 feet?
He has been a fraud since his college career ended.
Yavin4
(35,423 posts)2. Meanwhile, he's taking away an opportunity from someone who truly deserves a chance.
I fucking hate Tim Tebow.
ProfessorGAC
(64,877 posts)3. I'm With Ya!
And i can't stand him either. He is a narcissist and he cloaks his enormously inflated ego in Jeebus talk.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)4. After 3 Days, Jesus Rose From The Dead. After 4 Days, Tim Tebow Is 0-12 In The Arizona Fall League
<snip>
Blessed are the merciful, such as Tim Tebow who is showing mercy to any and all baseballs he could hit in the Arizona Fall League.
Adam Rubin ✔ @AdamRubinESPN
Tim Tebow strikes out in the seventh. Now 0-for-12 with 5 Ks in the Arizona Fall League.
11:49 PM - 17 Oct 2016
http://deadspin.com/after-3-days-jesus-rose-from-the-dead-after-4-days-t-1787912699
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)7. Is his middle initial K?
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)8. Fall league is tough
Hard for anyone to go from high school to the Fall League after several years. His best chance to get better.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)5. and yet it was ESPN covering his tryout 24x7
That got him signed to begin with.
ProfessorGAC
(64,877 posts)6. He Works For Them
Incestuous promotion
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)9. NO SHIT!!: There’s absolutely no football justification for Tim Tebow, either...