Tebow ends Arizona Fall League campaign on high note

MESA, Ariz. — Tim Tebow ended the Arizona Fall League on a high note Thursday afternoon, reaching base a season-high three times as his Scottsdale Scorpions tied the Mesa Solar Sox, 6-6.

Mesa (16-15-1) won the East Division title when the Salt River Rafters (15-15-1) lost to the Surprise Saguaros (17-14-1) before the Solar Sox’s game concluded. Mesa will meet Surprise in the AFL championship game at Scottsdale Stadium on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, with MLB Network and MLB.com broadcasting the contest live.

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Tebow lined a hard single to left field in his first at-bat and walked twice before striking out in his final plate appearance. The former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback finished the fall with a .194/.296/.242 line in 19 games, with three doubles, eight walks and 20 strikeouts in 71 trips to the plate.

“It was a lot of fun,” Tebow said. “It was a great learning opportunity. I got the chance to work a lot and really improve. I’ve enjoyed the process.”

While the odds are long that the 29-year-old Tebow will reach the big leagues after not playing baseball between his junior year of high school and signing with the Mets for $100,000 in September, he did show the ability to make adjustments during his time in the AFL. He was extremely pull-conscious when the season began, resulting in a lot of rolled-over groundouts to the right side of the infield. He went hitless in his first 13 AFL at-bats and batted just .135 in his first 11 games.

Once he …

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