He will never see a pitch in the majors. Tim is a nice guy, but he has zero major league skills. Most anyone can hit a fast ball. Was watching the MLB show a short while ago that shows all the high lights of last nights games. Some guy from Cincinnati, not bigger than 185 pounds max, turned on a 100 MPH fastball and hit it over the right field wall. Fast balls can be hit out. This season is proof of that in that so many are hitting homeruns while you have 95% of the leagues throwing 95 MPH or greater. The THING is, can you hit a pitch that has “wrinkles” in it? Can you hit a 90 or 95 MPH slider that breaks your back? You have to hit curves, sliders, cutters, etc., to hang in the majors. If you don’t hit those “a little bit”, you might as well go sell Lady Kenmores at Sears. The inability to hit breaking balls is why you see so many guys hitting .235, but have 25 HRs and 55 RBIs, and striking out 150 times a year. When I was a kid playing, I played from age 8 until 19, and then played baseball and fast-pitch softball in the Army, but when I played, it was a embarrassment to strikeout. You simply felt like a total failure to strikeout. Not today. They think a strikeout is just another out, but it is not. IF, if you put the ball in play, other things can happen. They can make an error, you move a runner up a base, etc. But, on a strikeout, you walk back to the dugout and the runners stand there and scratch themselves waiting on the next hitter to do something. No, Tim cannot hit MLB pitching and he will never play MLB. Some team might, MIGHT bring him up for “show” at the end of the season for drawing fans to a losing team or something, but not to a team to win. Ain’t going to happen.
I respectfully disagree with that. He won't see a pitch in the majors because his talent take him there, but he still has freak-show value and he may get a call up after Labor Day just to hype attendance.
Tim is a nice guy, but he has zero major league skills. Most anyone can hit a fast ball.
He is, by all accounts, a very nice guy and I wish him well. But professional sports isn't where his future lies.
If he makes it to AA and hits 300 that would be amazing. AAA? Doubt it, but then again who knows. There are a lot of guys who never make it to the majors, but play a long career in the minors.
I’ve read that Tebow doesn’t chase bad pitches. That’s going to help him as he progresses, gets more comfortable, and improves his technique as he’s already doing.
The Mets own him, and they stink. They’ll bring him at the end of the year for the butts in seats alone.
He will never see a pitch in the majors. Tim is a nice guy, but he has zero major league skills. Most anyone can hit a fast ball....
Friend, you are likely right...that said , let’s keep hoping for a rare nice guy. The 185 lb guy was likely Billy Hamilton.
SO at what age does it become impossible to improve? How many years of training does it take to max out your potential? In your case, I guess 11 years till you made your fast-pitch softball debut.
I know age plays a factor, but does age play a factor with Tebow at this time?
I am not saying he will be a major league player, I just wonder why so many who have not played much into their 20’s and type can on FR are making the call that it is over for him.
So why even have batting coaches? If the pro’s can’t be trained to hit better, why are there people paid to help them hit better?
I guess someone better call up “Tim” and let him know that some guy who played fast-pitch softball in the Army(not professionally) says he needs to hang up his dreams.
I understand it’s unlikely he will play in the major’s, but I am amazed at the effort people put out to Poo Poo his goals from behind a keyboard and monitor.
“Most anyone can hit a fast ball.”
I should have stopped reading when you stopped thinking.
Reminds me "Cerrano" from "Major League"........"I can no hit curve ball. Straight ball, I hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar and rum. He will come."