The Detroit Tigers are planning to send a scout to Tim Tebow's free-agent workout, slated to take place next week in Los Angeles, a source confirmed to ESPN.com on Wednesday.

The Tigers are expected to be one of among 20 teams in attendance and, like many other clubs, are making the trip mainly out of the desire to perform their due diligence on the 29-year-old former college football standout.

It is believed that the team's actual interest in Tebow is minimal at best.

Scouts are already expressing serious doubts about Tim Tebow's future as a baseball player. Nick Laham/Getty Images

Though Tebow was an all-state baseball player in high school before going on to win two national championships as a quarterback with the University of Florida, he has not played the sport on a full-time basis for over 10 years. He has reportedly been training in Arizona and Southern California for almost a year in hopes of catching on with a big league team.

ESPN.com's Darren Rovell reported that Tebow, who recently worked as an SEC analyst for ESPN, had a tryout with the Los Angeles Dodgers before the season began, but nothing came out of it.

Tebow's surprising decision to pursue a professional baseball career has many people wondering how genuine his interest is, or whether this qualifies as a contrived publicity stunt.

Either way, teams are skeptical about his ability to play at the major league level, despite the fact that he is regarded as a tremendous athlete. Tebow was a first-round pick in the 2010 NFL draft.

Of three scouts surveyed Wednesday afternoon, all three expressed serious doubt he could make it.

"No shot," one scout told ESPN.com.

Another scout characterized Tebow's chances as "very unlikely," and another, who has already seen video of Tebow's swing, said, "If it was any longer, it would take out the front row."

There also appears to be debate about where he would fit positionally.

Tebow was drafted by the Denver Broncos and played his last NFL season with the New York Jets in 2012.