I’m not sure the AFL was a great place for Tebow to start. It’s a very advanced league, often serving as a showcase for top prospects who are about to make the leap to the majors. Granted, time his not on his side and he needs get though the system quickly if he is going to get through at all, but I thought starting in low-A just to get his feet wet would have been a good idea.
Tebow has shown very poor judgement all around, from refusing to consider a change of position to stay in the NFL, to making a baseball bid late in the year instead of early in the year so he could have had minor league ABs. He’ll be 30 years old before the next minor league season is over.
I’m not sure the AFL was a great place for Tebow to start. It’s a very advanced league, often serving as a showcase for top prospects who are about to make the leap to the majors.
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Yes. Thanks for mentioning that.
Don't look at this from a Tebow perspective look at it from a Mets perspective and you will see the AFL was the perfect place for Tebow to start.
He is not a 20 year old that can be brought up through the system for 3-5 years. He is 29 and the clock is ticking on him having any type of career so the Mets have to see what he has to offer and they have to see it right now against the best competition possible.
Tebow is too old to start out at Low-A and be worked through the levels. At worst he has to show the Mets he is a viable option to start out the season at AA and move to AAA by mid to late season.
if he does not project out as making the Major League level by mid-2018 at the latest then there is no reason what-so-ever for the Mets to invest anymore time or money into him.
So, in that respect playing against AAA and ML ready players is the best gauge the Mets can use.