Tim Tebow’s baseball tryout drew a big crowd and mixed reviews Tuesday. Before that even happens, he’s got a pretty intriguing offer.
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“I didn’t know he had played his junior year of high school”, Eagles wide receiver Jordan Matthews said, admitting to reporters he had learned about Tebow’s latest endeavor on ESPN that morning. Before then, he plans to play in instructional ball and then in a winter league.
“The Bluefish welcome Tim with open arms”, said Bluefish General Manager Jamie Toole in a statement. “He said, ” He is a great talent”, ” He is an athlete and has won the Heisman. “He’s won two national championships”, Amaro told Yahoo Sports. I know baseball is a hard game, but he will either adjust and show that he is ready to play professional baseball or not.
An unnamed veteran scout told ESPN.com, “The batting practice was impressive, and if he had carried it over into the simulated game, I think a lot of teams would have come away from this very interested”.
However, this is not without downside. It’s still uncertain whether a team would really sign him to play there.
Tebow worked out in Los Angeles for big league scouts from just about every team, including the Yankees, hitting, fielding and running.
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Say this for Tim Tebow: He’s never boring. They could be in Venezuela, where players can make upward of $20,000 over the winter and Tebow would be paid, Amaro said, a competitive salary. They acquired Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson at the 2013 winter meetings, selecting him from the Colorado Rockies in the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 draft. “I truly believe Tim has the skill set and potential to achieve his goal of playing in the Major Leagues, and based on what I have seen over the past two months, it could happen relatively quickly”. “So, I think for that reason, he probably will stay more domestically here, whether its instructional league in Florida or Arizona, or in the Arizona Fall League”.
