There's a "good chance" Tim Tebow will play in Columbia as a Firefly. Woohoo, Class A, baby!

[Brother Buzz]

There's a "good chance" Tim Tebow will play in Columbia as a Firefly

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Heisman trophy winner and former NFL football player was signed by the New York Mets for $100,000 in 2016 after not having played baseball since graduating high school in 2006. After completing the franchises fall instructional league and playing in the Arizona Fall League, Columbia Fireflies President John Katz said there is a good chance Tebow will play in Columbia, S.C. on Opening Day.

The possibility of Tim Tebow becoming a Columbia Firefly is looking bright, according to the staff at Spirit Communications Ball Park.

The Heisman trophy winner and former NFL football player was signed by the New York Mets for $100,000 in 2016 after not having played baseball since graduating high school in 2006. After completing the franchises fall instructional league and playing in the Arizona Fall League, Columbia Fireflies President John Katz said there is a good chance Tebow will play in Columbia, S.C. on Opening Day.

"Odds are pretty well in our favor that this could be the natural starting point, and depending on how he does here, he could progress up the chain," said Katz.

Tebow finished his 19-game Fall League season .194/.296/.242 with two RBI, three doubles, eight walks and 20 strikeouts in 71 plate appearances, and his play got mixed reviews from scouts.

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[KamaAina]

1. First they move from Savannah, putting an end to the Sand Gnats. Now this.

[Brother Buzz]

2. Looks like "build us a new stadium" and we will relocate applies to Class A baseball too

Columbia built a ball park to attract the Fireflies (there's got to a joke in there somewhere).

Developers broke ground on Spirit Communications Park on January 6, 2015. Architectural firm Populous built the stadium, with an estimated 8,500 capacity, on a budget of $37 million, with $30 million coming from public funds.[6] The Savannah Sand Gnats of the Class A South Atlantic League announced in May 2015 that they would move to Columbia for the 2016 season,[7][8] and be known as the Columbia Fireflies.[9]

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Look At Those Stats

.194, an RBI every 35 at bats and a 2 punch outs every 7 at bats, against fall league pitchers?

This publicity stunt should be over. He can't play none. Now, in two professional sports.

What's next? Power forward in the D League?

[Brother Buzz]

4. I understand he's got a sack of quarters and will be hitting the batting cages....

until spring training opens in February, but it ain't gonna help; it takes years to develop MLB hitting eyes, and he's 29-years-old.

He has an adequate skill set to play decent Single A ball, but will crash and burn if he ever encounters Triple A pitching.

[jmowreader]

5. He'll draw fans to the park, and in A ball that's very important

Tebow's popular in the Bible Belt. He'll put fans in the stands and sell merchandise.

[Brother Buzz]

6. He may draw fans to the park in the spring but that enthusiasm will wain...

if he continues to play mediocre ball. By design, Single A ball has no stars; the nanosecond a player shows some stuff they are shipped up to Double A. Minor league players live out of a duffel bags and are constantly moving; some going up, some going down.