Tim Tebow signs minor league contract with New York Mets
NEW YORK -- Tim Tebow has signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets.
The Mets announced Thursday that the former quarterback will take part in the Instructional League in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
We have signed OF @TimTebow to a minor league contract. He will participate in the #Mets Instructional League. pic.twitter.com/I6gmW0b6hY
— New York Mets (@Mets) September 8, 2016
Tebow won the 2007 Heisman Trophy at Florida and played on the 2006 and 2008 national championship teams with the Gators.
Tebow played for the Denver Broncos and New York Jets in the NFL from 2010-2012. He was with the New England Patriots in 2013 preseason and Philadelphia Eagles in the 2015 preseason.
CBSSports.com’s Matt Snyder writes that Tebow will have “zero” impact on the Mets of 2016.
“As for the notion that Tebow might somehow be ‘taking someone else’s spot,’ he’s not,” Snyder says. “Spots in instructionals aren’t limited and most of the game action isn’t even limited to regular game-type situations. The at-bats aren’t really limited, nor is the time spent on any given individual.”