TIM TEBOW SUCCESSFUL MLB BASEBALL TRY-OUT

Ex-Broncos Quarterback and Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow held a workout/tryout for Major League Baseball teams and from most reports out of the field, it went well for Tim. At least better than many expected.

Apparently, 46 scouts from 28 MLB teams were present at the Tebow's tryouts. This included about 50 media personels. The Oakland Athletics and the Chicago Cubs were the only 2 teams that did not send scouts to take a look at Tim Tebow.

Tim Tebow begin his workout for the many scouts with 60-yard dash drill. This was suppose to be a simulation on how fast he can run from first to second base in real MLB games and according to many media reports, Tebow was clocked from 6.6 to 6.8. On in MLB scale, his timing is basically average to above average, which is not bad at all for a 6'3 and 255 pound guy. The fact that he's faster than 50% of all Major Leaguers is a positive. He won't be too slow running around the bases.

After the 60-yard dash drill, Tebow was put into the outfield to catch some fly balls and test his throwing arm toward second base and home plate. According to scouts supervising this part of the draw, Tebow armed looked below average which is a surprise to me eventhough he wasn't really a good throwing QB in the NFL. I still expected an NFL quarterback to have somewhat of an above average arm as a Major League Baseball player.

The next drill was batting practice where the batter gets tossed 40mph fast ball and Tebow did really well there, demonstrating raw power by hitting a few long homeruns. Supposedly, he hit one that was measured at 440.

Unfortunately, Tebow was not able to carry this amazing power to the live batting section of the hitting drills where pitchers were throwing him real pitches to try to get him out. So he saw curved balls and slider, unlike the batting practice drill where he was simply fed soft fast-ball to hit.

All and all, Tebow looked respectable but he will need to work on making contact to make it into the MLB. Nevertheless, Tim had shown enough for at least 1 team to give him a chance and send him to the minor league. At that point, he'll have to do well enough to climb up the minor league ladder.

I wish Tebow well and will be hoping he defies all odds and make it to shut down all his distractors.