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Mets send Tim Tebow to minor-league camp

Tim Tebow had two hits in 13 at-bats this spring.

Tim Tebow had two hits in 13 at-bats this spring. Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca

By Anthony Rieberanthony.rieber@newsday.comAnthonyRieber

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Tim Tebow was sent to minor league camp on Friday as the Mets made their first cuts of spring training.
Tebow, 32, had two hits in 13 at-bats – including a home run – in his fourth spring training with the Mets. The former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback can still appear in major-league spring training games.
Tebow is expected to begin the season at Triple-A Syracuse. In 2019, he hit .163 with four home runs, 19 RBIs and 98 strikeouts in 77 games for Syracuse before a hand injury ended his season in July.
“Tim, he was actually in a good place swinging,” manager Luis Rojas said. “Last five at-bats, I thought he walked, had a single and hit three balls really hard. I’ve seen a lot of progression in his game. A guy that works really hard. We had the conversation in the room that he’s going down, to keep going with his plan . . . He’s going down there with a plan to work hard on a daily basis.”
Tebow also had a memorable moment in leftfield on Feb. 28 when he tripped over his own shoelace going after what would have been a game-ending flyball. The ball fell in front of his prone body for a double.
He wasn’t injured. But Tebow’s mishap was featured on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” as the No. 2 pick in it’s “Not Top 10” feature, and was on the TV in the Mets clubhouse on Friday morning.
“Only No. 2?” Tebow said with a smile.
The other cuts: pitchers Stephen Gonsalves, Thomas Szapucki, Jordan Humphreys, Franklyn Kilome, Matt Blackham, Nick Rumbelow, Francisco Ríos and Stephen Nogosek and catchers David Rodríguez and Austin Bossart.
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Tim Tebow was sent to minor league camp on Friday as the Mets made their first cuts of spring training.
Tebow, 32, had two hits in 13 at-bats – including a home run – in his fourth spring training with the Mets. The former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback can still appear in major-league spring training games.
Tebow is expected to begin the season at Triple-A Syracuse. In 2019, he hit .163 with four home runs, 19 RBIs and 98 strikeouts in 77 games for Syracuse before a hand injury ended his season in July.
“Tim, he was actually in a good place swinging,” manager Luis Rojas said. “Last five at-bats, I thought he walked, had a single and hit three balls really hard. I’ve seen a lot of progression in his game. A guy that works really hard. We had the conversation in the room that he’s going down, to keep going with his plan . . . He’s going down there with a plan to work hard on a daily basis.”
Tebow also had a memorable moment in leftfield on Feb. 28 when he tripped over his own shoelace going after what would have been a game-ending flyball. The ball fell in front of his prone body for a double.
He wasn’t injured. But Tebow’s mishap was featured on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” as the No. 2 pick in it’s “Not Top 10” feature, and was on the TV in the Mets clubhouse on Friday morning.
“Only No. 2?” Tebow said with a smile.
The other cuts: pitchers Stephen Gonsalves, Thomas Szapucki, Jordan Humphreys, Franklyn Kilome, Matt Blackham, Nick Rumbelow, Francisco Ríos and Stephen Nogosek and catchers David Rodríguez and Austin Bossart.
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Anthony Rieber covers baseball, as well as the NFL, NBA and NHL. He has worked at Newsday since Aug. 31, 1998, and has been in his current position since July 5, 2004.