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ESPN 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 hasn’t 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. Tebow’s baseball turn got ripped apart by ESPN’s lead scout Keith Law, who called the entire thing a “farce” and wrote that there’s “absolutely no baseball justification for Tebow.” Ouch....
Here’s 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 there’s this, which addresses some of the flaws in Tebow’s game:
Tebow the baseball player is not a baseball player; he’s a washed-up quarterback who has size and nothing else. His swing is long, and he wields the bat like someone who hasn’t played the sport in more than a decade, which he hasn’t. He can’t 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, there’s absolutely no baseball justification for Tebow to be here.
On Friday, however, he got sacked. Like a quarterback would. Tebow’s baseball turn got ripped apart by ESPN’s lead scout Keith Law, who called the entire thing a “farce” and wrote that there’s “absolutely no baseball justification for Tebow.” Ouch....
Here’s 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 there’s this, which addresses some of the flaws in Tebow’s game:
Tebow the baseball player is not a baseball player; he’s a washed-up quarterback who has size and nothing else. His swing is long, and he wields the bat like someone who hasn’t played the sport in more than a decade, which he hasn’t. He can’t 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, there’s absolutely no baseball justification for Tebow to be here.
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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
