Tim Tebow’s appearance with the New York Mets in a Grapefruit League spring training game on Wednesday was a forgettable one.
Tebow played with a Mets split squad team against the Boston Red Sox and batted eighth as the DH. He went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts, grounded into a double-play, and he got hit by a pitch. But he was picked off after being hit.
Not only did Tebow show that he’s a long ways away from being able to compete at a Major League level, but he also showed that he’s somewhat out of place.
Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, said he thought Tebow was a bat boy when he saw the Mets hitter warm up in the wrong on-deck circle.
Tebow thought he could watch Porcello warm up from Red Sox' on-deck circle. Mets manager Terry Collins had to call him back.
— Michael Silverman (@MikeSilvermanBB) March 8, 2017
Rick Porcello thought Tebow was a ball boy when he watched him warm up in the wrong on-deck circle. Porcello was unfazed by it.
— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) March 8, 2017
Not only did Tebow show he didn’t exactly know his way around a field, but Red Sox manager John Farrell had this backhanded compliment for him.
Impression Tebow left on Farrell pretty much sums it up: "There's strength in BP. That's the best I can tell you."
— Michael Silverman (@MikeSilvermanBB) March 8, 2017
Ouch. It’s a rough life out there. And now you understand where these harsh scouting reports about Tebow came about.
