“I have seen Tim’s workouts, and people inside and outside the industry – scouts, executives, players and fans – will be impressed by his talent”, Brodie Van Wagenen, co-head of CAA Baseball, said in a statement.
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But don’t get all excited to watch Tebow at a Major League Baseball stadium near you. “Tim has IT #focused.” former baseball slugger Gary Sheffield tweeted on Tuesday. But an National Football League career that last three seasons (basically his first two with the Denver Broncos before getting kinda blackballed by Rex Ryan with the Jets) hasn’t been enough for him. He then had stints with the Patriots and Eagles, but was cut by both clubs prior to the season starting. He hit.494 as a junior at Allen D. Nease High School near Jacksonville, but he gave up baseball as a senior so he could enroll at Florida early.
As for the “it” factor that Sheffield believes Tebow possesses, that was a common praise for Tebow the football player as well.
“He was a six-tool player”, Tebow’s high school coach Greg “Boo” Mullins said in a 2013 interview with The Sporting News. Maybe take a look at Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Michael Saunders, who stands 6-4, 225, has decent speed and this year has hit a career-best 19 home runs. In 2013, reports emerged that the Los Angeles Angels almost drafted Tebow when he was in high school, but the deal never went through over a botched information card. Media outlets, including ESPN and USA Today, have confirmed the Heisman Trophy victor is actively pursuing a career in professional baseball. “Even the lower A-ball, the lower rungs of professional baseball, are still pretty good baseball”.
One local baseball team is already trying to capitalize on a potential Tim Tebow career change. Minor league teams are always looking for creative ways to generate publicity, so once news broke Tebow was hoping to get into baseball it only made sense a minor league team was the first to seize the moment.
If Tebow were to earn a contract, he would become the most famous player to compete in both sports since Bo Jackson did in the 1980s and 90s.
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As for the majors, New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson was asked if the team had any interest in Tebow.
