Report: New York Mets considering giving Tim Tebow promotion
By Kevin Duffey
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So, this whole baseball thing may be working out for Tim Tebow.
According to a report by the New York Post, the Mets are considering giving Tebow a promotion within the organization. There have been discussions about moving Tebow up, but that likely won’t happen before the All-Star Game at midseason.
Tebow started out somewhat slowly for the organization despite hitting a bomb in his first minor league at bat. Of course, during the struggles, many pointed at Tebow and poked fun, but it’s just taken him a little bit to get in a rhythm at the plate. Remember, he hasn’t played baseball since high school; so, it’s normal for a player facing 90 mph fastballs and nasty sliders every night to take a bit of time to adjust.
In fact, Tebow has an .849 OPS — a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player’s on-base percentage and slugging average — in his last 16 games. In 28 games for the single-A Columbia Fireflies, Tebow is hitting .250 with two home runs and 11 RBIs.
Tebow recently signed an extension with ESPN, but that won’t interfere with his MLB career.
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.
