Tim Tebow

[bmfc1]

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 5m5 minutes ago Mets are signing Tim Tebow to a minor-league contract, an MLB source tells ESPN. Instructional League or Arizona Fall League next for Tebow.

I never want to hear that the Wilpons don't have any money because even though this is low-risk and likely cheap, even if it costs them $5 it's $5 wasted dollars on a talentless piece of garbage. One scout saw him last week and said that he looked like an actor trying to be a baseball player... but Sandy knows best.

[soupcan]

29 and going to the instructional league. Yeah, good luck pal, you're the next (baseball-playing) Michael Jordan.

[Valadius]

Are there troubles at the gate in Kingsport or Columbia? Otherwise, I don't get this.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

http://www.fox5ny.com/news/203455239-story

I didn't see this coming. But I don't see much of a risk.

[Edgy MD]

It's just a player. I know we're supposed to have polarized positions on the guy, but it's just a player.

[RealityChuck]

It'll be a draw for a few weeks, and plenty of people will be showing up to see him fall on his face. It's not even an extra expense: the team will need to fill out their minor league rosters anyway, and why not do it with someone who might draw some fans (and certainly draw publicity)?

I doubt he'll ever play in the majors except as a stunt.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Really. If this makes anyone angry, it just means that they're looking for a reason to be angry.

[Lefty Specialist]

Pointless distraction. I'm not angry, just that they've got better things to do.

When he throws the ball in from the outfield does it drop short of the second baseman?

[Frayed Knot]

I'm completely indifferent to this news except to the point where I find it funny that ESPN is still so wired into all things Tebow that it's their news/gossip geek Adam Schefter who apparently first breaks the news.
Wonder if Schefter is next going to get a hold of Tebow's private medical records and put those out on the internet the way he did with Jason Pierre-Paul's? I hope he and the four-letter network totally get their collective a$$e$ kicked in court over that one.

[metsmarathon]

i am thoroughly ok with this, and quietly hopeful that it actually develops into something. because tebow is a seemingly genuinely good dude who does not deserve all the bullshit that people give him for being a seemingly genuinely good dude.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

metsmarathon wrote: i am thoroughly ok with this, and quietly hopeful that it actually develops into something. because tebow is a seemingly genuinely good dude who does not deserve all the bullshit that people give him for being a seemingly genuinely good dude.

I agree!

[Edgy MD]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Pointless distraction. I'm not angry, just that they've got better things to do. When he throws the ball in from the outfield does it drop short of the second baseman?

Getting an early start on the pre-emptive mocking.

I doubt this ever distracted anyone from anything. Signing players to develop is always part of what they are doing no matter what else is going on. Half of the Tebow non-story is people getting distracted complaining about the distraction.

I don't know that he'll be an outfielder, but I doubt he'll have the worst arm the league.

metsmarathon wrote: i am thoroughly ok with this, and quietly hopeful that it actually develops into something. because tebow is a seemingly genuinely good dude who does not deserve all the bullshit that people give him for being a seemingly genuinely good dude.

Hope! It's fun and doesn't cost you anything! Sign Usain Bolt while you're at it!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Who cares? Just another Jesus-loving jock, although this one has 3.3 million Twitter followers.

And not 4 nothing, he shares an agent with some other outfielder called Yoenis Cespedes

[Guest cooby]

metsmarathon wrote: i am thoroughly ok with this, and quietly hopeful that it actually develops into something. because tebow is a seemingly genuinely good dude who does not deserve all the bullshit that people give him for being a seemingly genuinely good dude.

Totally agree

[bmfc1]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Pointless distraction. I'm not angry, just that they've got better things to do.

I agree with LS. I lived through Tebow with the Jets. What's next, the New York Rangers? He'll never sniff Citi Field so what's the point? Perhaps it's Jeffy's idea to increase the Brooklyn attendance next year. As for his being a "good dude", that's debatable but I'd rather leave it at at that and focus on the how well the Mets are playing.

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[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Edgy MD wrote: Sign Usain Bolt while you're at it!

Not like this hasn't been done before!

[RealityChuck]

bmfc1 wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Pointless distraction. I'm not angry, just that they've got better things to do. I agree with LS. I lived through Tebow with the Jets. What's next, the New York Rangers? .

Great! And then the Knicks! Maybe even the Liberty!

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: When he throws the ball in from the outfield does it drop short of the second baseman? I don't know that he'll be an outfielder, but I doubt he'll have the worst arm the league.

The whole problem with his throwing as a QB wasn't that his arm was so weak, it was that it took him so damn long to get rid of the ball. That wasn't a problem in college where he ran much more often than he threw and got away with it because he was generally bigger than the fast guys on defense and faster than the big guys*.
But his athletic edge wasn't as big in the NFL and pro QBs need that catcher-like throwing motion where you just bring the ball back to barely behind your ear and get rid of it in a hurry otherwise you wind up telegraphing both when and where the pass is headed.
I once saw a breakdown of Tebow's throwing motion and you may have to go to the PGA Tour to find a longer "back-swing"; in his case he brought the ball way to the point where it was pointed skyward and was back behind his shoulder blades before his forward motion started. IOW ... he throws like an outfielder!






* and while I have no idea whether this guy can play baseball or not (bet heavily on the 'NOT') but holy shit that dude is huge and he's friggin' jacked!!

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[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: Hope! It's fun and doesn't cost you anything! Sign Usain Bolt while you're at it!

If the 40-man roster were a season-long thing I'd argue there is a legit role for a pinch-runner. There still wouldn't be a role for Tebow.

Pointless distraction. I'm not angry, just that they've got better things to do.

its a distraction, but not a pointless one - the Wilpons need to maintain relationships with minor league owners and giving one of them a big shiny box office draw is a POSITIVE - just don't think of him as a guy who will ever sniff the majors and don't worry about it.

[soupcan]

He's 29! Who signs a 29 year-old if not for the publiciity?

[nymr83]

Tebow batted .448 with four home runs and 25 RBIs as a high school junior in Florida.

[MFS62]

I'm concerned about the distraction aspect of this. Spring Training next year is going to make Bingo Long and the Traveling Road Show look like a stamp show by comparison.
If it turns out he can play, it will have been a good move.
My first reaction was "Oh fuck, No."
After thinking about it for a while, that may have been the appropriate reaction. Sandy, another lefty hitter?


Later

[Frayed Knot]

It's kind of funny that we're sounding like a bunch of football coaches by using their all-time favorite curse word -- "DISTRACTIONS" -- when discussing this. 'Distractions' in football speak meaning anything that the coach can't directly control and instantly banish.

Look, Tebow's not even going to get to spring training unless he shows something in the instructional league where they'll have (what, about a month?) to evaluate him rather than the 1/2 hour or so in the group setting from last week. And if he does get there, when exactly did spring training become too exciting to where "a distraction" like the presence of T.T. will send us all to the clinic to have our blood pressure checked once a week?
And if he then survives spring training and is offered a contract and decides that he's willing to ride the buses to find out where this actually leads ... well then just think about what an attraction the Port St Lucie Mets will be next April. Hell, they might just outdraw both the Rays & Marlins!!

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[Edgy MD]

soupcan wrote: He's 29! Who signs a 29 year-old if not for the publiciity?

It's been done.

And I've got nothing against Baseball Michael Jordan either. There ain't a lot of 31-32 year-olds who haven't played since high school who could start their careers in AA and hit .202. Good for him for trying.

[Guest themetfairy]

It'll be like having Garth Brooks at Spring Training. Some extraneous entertainment while the real players can focus on their jobs without undue attention.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Dude's got muscles on his muscles, he can go into professional wrestling next if
baseball doesn't work out!

[Ceetar]

keeping my Twitter Tebow mute filter in place. Parade him around all the minor leagues desperate for ticket sales if you like. Hell, woo back bitchy Buffalo with him. I just don't need to hear about garbage publicity stunts in my baseball chatter.

[Edgy MD]

Well, let me tell you about Champ Stuart.

[stevejrogers]

Well, at least this proves Murphy's views on the LGBT community was not a factor in him no longer being a Met!

It is worth noting that Tebow, Cespedes and some other Mets share the same agent.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Yeah, I was gonna make a crack on what's his stance on gays but left it be.
L'bucket mentioned the agent thing earlier, I wouldn't be surprised if someone in
the Mets' org was asked to do another client a solid and give him a spin. I'm sure
it happens all the time in sports.