Like Mr. Alderson said, you’ve got to take a break every now and then. Tebow is 29 years old, much older than the typical baseball prospect.
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“Part of it was because of this layoff”, Alderson said of the uneven performance. This is not Deion Sanders. And it’ll be made easier, Decker said, by the fact that Tebow is a hard worker and genuinely a good guy. “We’ll see how he does next spring in whatever camp it is”. Tebow, 29, hasn’t played baseball regularly since his junior year at Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Florida.
Oh, and yes, that will continue. There’s going to be a little bit of rust, a need for instruction and development.
The Instructional League is September and October.
Ah yes, this is what it’s all about.
Tebow played for the Denver Broncos and New York Jets in the National Football League from 2010-2012.
Even more if the modern-day version of Jim Thorpe turns out to be the real thing on the diamond. He said he’s sure the Mets organization will meet with the players and discuss the onslaught they’re expecting.
Well, that’s his story, and he’s sticking to it.
“While I and the organization, I think, are mindful of the novel nature of this situation, this decision was strictly driven by baseball”, Alderson said on a conference call wit.
“It is not driven by marketing considerations of any sort”. “We are extremely intrigued with the potential that Tim has”. I understand this isn’t a typical “one-off” where we evaluate the tools and make a judgment. Wait long enough and we’ll find out. “We were teammates a few years ago”.
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He also tried out for both New England the Philadelphia but never played during the regular season for either team. He’s almost a middle-aged man. I want to be someone that pursues what I believe in and what I’m passionate about, and a lot of people will say, ‘Well, what if you fail? “That’s what’s great about America. I know this is a tough game”, he said. He’ll be joining the team’s instructional league and could play in the Arizona Fall League. There’s nothing set for Tebow after instructional league ends after three weeks. A stint in winter ball is possible, though Alderson cautioned that more “individualized instruction” may still be necessary. We understand he hasn’t been around the game for a while.
