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Message: [QUOTE="rmtsu, post: 4836392, member: 785"] Tebow's minor league time was interesting in that obviously he was a novelty and project. He hit .223 over 4 years and actually hit .273 at AA Binghamton. Over those 4 years he hit 18 home runs. What the Mets were hoping for with him was that after not playing baseball for quite a while that maybe he could develop into a hitter with homerun power. Didn't work out but he certainly did much better than many thought he would. I watch many Syracuse Mets games where there are quite a few guys in the lineup not hitting much better average wise. When Tebow did hit the ball he did tend to hit the ball hard. One of my friends sons is in the Yankee organization, has good power but is not happy with the hitting philosophy, they want guys to hit homeruns, they aren't as concerned with the batting average and is one of the reasons in my opinion the Yankees have not fared to well of late. To many guys trying to hit homeruns and not getting enough hits. One of their top prospects expressed his concern when they wanted him to try hitting the ball up more to get more homeruns. He was worried that he would start striking out more and is average would suffer. This is more to highlight what the Mets thinking with Tebow was for baseball. Tremendous athlete with good strength. Unfortunately for Tebow it didn't work out but for those that think it was a waste of time it was not, many players who didn't take time off for football didn't play as well as Tim, but also his name didn't hurt. While his average at Syracuse wasn't great he did hit 4 homeruns, but his time was cut short by a hand injury, he had been hitting the ball better just before he got hurt. He got off to a slow start against AAA pitching but said he was starting to see the ball better before he got hurt. I coached little league with a guy that made it to AA and said that Tebow did much better than he expected given his lack of experience. Tebow is as nice as he seems and is a super person, nothing fake about him. As far a Villari goes, obviously as a QB he isn't Tebow, but he doesn't need to be, I thought the play where he over threw Allen was a nice designed play that I would like to see more of, also watching some of his high school film I thought when he did throw he was fairly accurate, when watching HS QB's what happens a lot of times is that the WR's make plays on underthrown or not great thrown balls, I thought he hit the receiver for the most part where the ball should have been. Lets hope with a little work he could make a few throws a game that get caught and keep defenses honest. [/QUOTE]

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