So, I'm here today to eat some crow, but not really. I did not think any MLB team would give Tim Tebow a chance. I wrote last week that he was too old, hadn't played baseball in too long a time, was too big and burly, couldn't throw the ball well, couldn't field, basically, I did not think he had what it takes to be signed to any contract, be it major or minor league baseball.

Well, the New York Mets proved me wrong. Today they signed him to a minor league deal. Now, before the Tebow backers come at me and tell me that I'm a hater and that I was wrong, he has a minor league deal, but he still has a long ways to go before he actually has a chance to make any roster at any level of pro baseball. He will have to go through the Mets instructional program immediately, then, it's winter baseball in some place like Venezuela, then, and only then, will the Mets make a decision to even invite him to spring training. If he has a decent spring training, and that is a big if, then he will become an official pro baseball player, but he will have to start in the minors, probably double A.

Now, I watched the "highlights" from his baseball workout that he held a week or so ago, and I came away very unimpressed. He looked like a rumbling lumberjack when he ran the 60 yard dash. Yeah, he ran it fast, but that should have been expected. He was fast in high school, college and during his short NFL career. And, he has been working out non stop since this baseball "dream" began a few months ago. The 60 yard dash is something he should have excelled at. Yes, he does have power, but any 6 plus footer and 260 pound guy that knows how to swing a bat, when they connect, it will go far. That, like the 60 yard dash, was expected, especially when it's during batting practice. During batting practice, you have a pitcher that you, the batter, have chosen to throw you 75-80 mile per hour fastballs right down the middle. Batting practice is easily the best way to pump yourself up. You get meat pitches to crush. I loved batting practice when I played because it was easy and made me think I could hit anything that came my way.

But, those were the only two things that I took away that Tebow could do well enough. When the batting practice was over, he faced live pitching. This was when the workout started to tank, at least in my eyes. First off, he could not hit off speed pitches. Every curve, change up or slider that came his way, he whiffed or fouled off. And when he fouled the ball off, it wasn't because he was a bit late or a bit early, he was incredibly late or early when he fouled these pitches off. The foul balls were weak and floated into the stands. When he did get a "hit" off live pitching, it looked like bloop singles or slow grounders up the middle. The power that was displayed during batting practice was all but gone when he faced live pitching. Quite frankly, his batting during the workout was very, very below average. When all you can do is hit slow fast balls over the middle of the plate, your baseball career will be short to non existent. He is going to have to learn how to hit off speed pitches, and he has so much less time than players currently in the Mets minor league system.

When he did his fielding work during his workout, that somehow looked worse than his attempts at live pitching. He looked so awkward tracking fly balls. He would take steps back or forward that were so unnecessary, it almost cost him some catches on fly balls. When he was fielding what would be hits in real games, he looked as out of sync as some of the 5 and 6 year olds I coach. He seemed to bend over to far, or not enough. He did not field one single ground ball with ease. It all looked lumbered and tough for Tebow.

Then his throwing, man that was harder to watch than watching him throw a football. He would cock the ball back to far, and he actually threw a baseball like it was a football. That is not good. With a football, you have to bring your throwing arm back a bit further, with a baseball, you have to be a lot quicker getting it out of your hand, meaning you need to shorten up your throwing hand a bit. Tebow did not do this. His throws were so awkward, I had to look away watching him do this, it was that bad.

Never mind all this stuff that I'm saying today, or that I said last week, because the Mets deemed him good enough to, at least, send him to their instructional program. I mean, I could have understood a team like the Braves, they are in SEC country and they stink, or any team in LA or Florida, for the same reasons, save the Dodgers, signing him to a very incentive laden contract, but the Mets? I don't get it. He has already failed once in New York, with the Jets, and the Mets are a good team. They were in the World Series last year. Why would they sign him? They don't need the publicity and they don't need any other outfielders, but they signed Tebow anyway. My only guess as to why it was the Mets, they must have a deal with the New York Post, and other New York publications, and their sports writers need some fodder, so the Mets said they would sign Tebow, so they could have a month or two of bashing this clown show. That is literally the only reason I can even fathom that the Mets would even take a sniff on Tebow.

But, as far as the crow eating, he did get signed. I was wrong and good for you Tim Tebow. He has no shot at making the majors. He is too old, too burly and too much of a publicity stunt. He won't get past winter ball, let alone getting into the Mets minor league system. This is such a ridiculous story coming from an athlete that just won't give it up. Tim Tebow is a joke and I'm sick and tired of him getting a pass. He was a terrible NFL player and he will be an even worse baseball player. There is no doubt in my mind that he is going to fail at this baseball venture.

Not one single doubt.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast. With the kickoff of the NFL season happenning tonight, you should listen to Ty tell you how the 2016 season is going to play out. Follow Ty on twitter @tykulik.