Promoting those players and signing Tebow have nothing to do with one another.
They weren't low minor leaguers, where he went.
For any player to be on any roster, someone is going to get bumped. New prospects come in and other guys go out and people will debate who was deserving and who was was "cheated." Usually it will be the player, his family, his girlfriend and maybe one or two other friends who are making the claim. The world is full of bitter guys who didn't "get a fair shake by baseball brass." I guess it is a coping mechanism once reality sets in and the game one has devoted so much time and so many dreams to has ended. I feel for them.
Some guy who signed for $25k out of his senior year of college and tore up low-A ball will swear he was done wrong because he never got a shot at AA, while a guy who signed out of high school for $4.5M, but didn't have the same results in low-A ball, quickly made it through the ranks, and got chance after chance after chance. This happens every day. In the end, clubs will decide for themselves what they thing is best for their program.
At some point maybe we will note that we can agree to disagree and let a thread that has basically turned into your opinion vs. my opinion fade away and stop cluttering our inboxes.
2forU posted:
Very exciting. Hopefully after he launches his new business (the rationale for what he is doing), then this farce will end.
I don't think this is about whether Tebow is good enough or not. It is a pure business decision and it tells you that there is money to be made for minor league owners as well as major league owners. Assume Tebow's 100k bonus and amortize that over 70 home minor league games which is about $1500 per game. Assume the average minor league ticket is 10.00. Tebow only needs to bring in an extra 150 people per game to break even and that does not include all the money they will make off of concessions associated with the 150/game.
I am guessing that all minor league owners already know how much revenue increased when Michael Jordan played for example, and they have used that information to factor in Tebow who - although not quite as big a name as Jordan, is still a very big name nonetheless. It doesn't seem a stretch at all to me to believe that Tebow will draw well over 150 people per game over what they would have gotten without him on the roster.
.... god bless the guy, great athlete, he missed his NFL oppo, and now he's trying the MLB, cool... look at the length of this thread. He should be leading a new church...he'll have one heckuva following...
PGStaff posted:13 pages on Tebow. More than any other MLB topic. Kind of speaks volumes doesn't it? $100,000 is a drop in the bucket for MLB clubs. There are times that they end up wasting millions on a player.
When Tebow is done with baseball we would gladly pay him $100,000 to work for us. He has a lot to offer to children and athletes.
Bingo,.. the value he brings to kids and community. Dollars are there...
Two hits for him today. Average is now at 214. Still not good but I do think he might be able to compete at a ball. Mlb is a very long shot of course.
Good for him, up to .235 (4 for 17), and 4 for his last 8. Agree, Dominik, I think he is ticketed for the FSL (A+), where the Mets just happen to own their minor-league club.
Tebow to Columbia Fireflies (Sally League). Oh those Gamecock fans will love that UF grad.
joemktg posted:Tebow to Columbia Fireflies (Sally League). Oh those Gamecock fans will love that UF grad.
You sound like you don't think Gamecock fans will treat him with courtesy and class. ;-) Not a Tebow fan, but I have no doubt he will show more class than they will.
So NOT the Port St. Lucie Mets? Boy that throws a monkey wrench in a lot of theories.
MTH posted:joemktg posted:Tebow to Columbia Fireflies (Sally League). Oh those Gamecock fans will love that UF grad.
You sound like you don't think Gamecock fans will treat him with courtesy and class. ;-) Not a Tebow fan, but I have no doubt he will show more class than they will.
Way to set the bar high, relying on the class of Gamecocks fans. :-) (Grew up one, but one of 3 people in my HS class not to graduate from there).
Question: what famous actor, also played in the NBA and MLB?
"True Story" My former MSU teammate, Tom Yewcic also played for the Detroit Tigers and New England Patriots.
Bob
jacjacatk posted:Way to set the bar high, relying on the class of Gamecocks fans. :-) (Grew up one, but one of 3 people in my HS class not to graduate from there).
As you know, Gamecock fans are not shy about expressing themselves!
Consultant posted:Question: what famous actor, also played in the NBA and MLB?
"True Story" My former MSU teammate, Tom Yewcic also played for the Detroit Tigers and New England Patriots.
Bob
I know... and he was 6'6", which was quite big back then when he was wielding a rifle. 
Also drafted in the NFL, the guy's story is amazing.
Consultant posted:Question: what famous actor, also played in the NBA and MLB?
"True Story" My former MSU teammate, Tom Yewcic also played for the Detroit Tigers and New England Patriots.
Bob
Chuck Conners, The Rifleman.
Back in that era Dave Debussure (most know for Pistons and Knicks) played both. Ron Reed (mostly known for Braves and Phillies) also played both. DeBussure had a 2.91 ERA in 36 apppearances before passing on baseball. Reed averaged 7 points per game in two NBA seasons.
Why let the thread die? LoL
Funny that the guy he homered against was drafted at 666
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He is almost 6-10 years older than most players and....sell out crowd. Mets are getting their monies worth.