Major League Baseball

Why Tim Tebow has a 'zero percent chance' to make it in baseball

Published Nov. 15, 2016 3:02 p.m. ET

Lindsey Foltin

Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow is holding a tryout for interested MLB teams on Tuesday as he attempts to pursue a professional baseball career.

While some of Tebow's former coaches have given a positive scouting report on the former Heisman Trophy winner, those who have actually played professional baseball have a far different opinion on the matter.

We already know how Adam Jones feels about Tebow pursuing a pro baseball career, as the Baltimore Orioles outfielder openly mocked Tebow's MLB "dream" on Twitter earlier this month.

On Monday, former minor league baseball player and college football standout Joel Klatt unloaded on Tebow, calling his upcoming MLB tryout "completely arrogant and selfish" and said there's a "zero percent chance" Tebow will have a successful baseball career.

Tebow in the cage. Judge for yourself. You tell me if that swing gets past AA. pic.twitter.com/7Ij0pfK5cv
— BEAU BISHOP (@BeauBishop) August 9, 2016

Klatt, who was drafted by the Padres in the 12th round of the 2001 MLB Draft, played in the minors for two seasons and experienced first-hand just how difficult it is to make it in baseball.

"This is the cream of the crop. People have no idea how hard it is to make it in baseball. It's exponentially harder to make it in baseball than it is in football." Klatt said on The Audible Podcast with Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel.

Klatt described Tebow as an "effort-based, try-hard player who really likes attention" and noted that minor league baseball is no place for that type of person.