Tim Tebow is one step closer to making his Major League Baseball debut.
OK, not exactly.
The 31-year-old football convert was reassigned to the New York Mets’ Triple-A Syracuse affiliate Tuesday, but Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen hinted that Tebow could impact the big league club this season.
Brodie Van Wagenen on Tim Tebow: "We wanted to get him out of major league camp because we feel like there’s real development that can be done to get him off to a good start and potentially help us this season."
— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) March 12, 2019
Tebow, who despite the reassignment, can still be used in big league exhibition games in Florida, is 4-for-15 this spring.
It was not too far fetched to believe Tebow would have gotten the call-up last season were it not for an injury that put the outfielder on the shelf for an extended period of time. Tebow was a Double-A All-Star last season with the Binghapton Rumble Ponies, batting .276 with six home runs and 36 RBIs.
So it appears “Tebow Time” could be a lot closer than many imagined it would ever get.
