New York Mets: Tim Tebow Gets Ripped By Scouts

New York Mets outfielder Tim Tebow is not being well received by scouts at the Arizona Fall League.

The New York Mets were one of many teams to take part in the Tim Tebow showcase. Tebow received mixed reviews for his performance, but there was a consensus; someone would sign him and that team was the Mets.

Tebow’s signing dominated the headlines for a couple of days despite the Mets being in a playoff chase. The former NFL quarterback was going to be given a chance to display his baseball abilities despite not playing in over a decade since high school. He displayed some skills in the controlled setting of his workout, but there was definitely some major improvements needed.

Major improvements are probably putting it nicely, as Tebow looked out of place at points. He has had his highlights, like hitting a home run in his first at-bat in the Arizona Fall League. But overall, the experiment has failed and is an embarrassment on multiple levels.

Keith Law of ESPN scouted Tebow at the Arizona Fall League and the results were not pretty. Here is what he had to say about Tebow.

"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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Law did not mince words when talking about how he felt about Tebow the baseball player. He also said Tebow was better suited playing in an Arizona high school league and that he looked like an imposter pretending to have talent that he does not possess.

This was strictly a publicity stunt in Law’s eyes, as it was for many other people. The Mets have definitely benefited from having Tebow around, but it is an experiment that shouldn’t last any longer.

Law is not the only evaluator that shares those feelings, as the tape does not lie. The fact that Tebow leaves the Arizona Fall League to attend his job with the SEC network shows all you need to know. Baseball is a part-time job for Tebow, and until he makes it a full time venture he should not be taken seriously as a baseball player. If he does not take it seriously and give it all his attention, why should we pay him any mind?

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Baseball is a part-time job for Tebow, and until he makes it a full time venture he should not be taken seriously as a baseball player. If he does not take it seriously and give it all his attention, why should we pay him any mind?

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