METS GM: TEBOW WILL BE IN MAJORS
Don’t count out Tim Tebow’s Major League Baseball career quite yet.
Tebow, the 30-year-old former Broncos quarterback and 2007 Heisman Trophy winner, is in major-league spring training with the Mets.
He spent last season in the Mets’ organization, playing 126 games across two levels of Single-A.
In a video tweeted by SportsNet New York on Sunday, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson expressed confidence in Tebow’s ability to someday play in the major leagues.
“We thought he would best benefit from being in majorleague camp, that would accelerate his development, rather than falling back on protocol,” Alderson said in the video. “So I’m comfortable that he’s here. He’s going to be a great addition over the next six weeks. Somebody asked me whether I think he’ll be a major-league player at some point. I think he will play in the major leagues. That’s my guess, that’s my hope, and to some extent now after a year and a half, a modest expectation.”
Francona rejoins Indians.
ARIZ.» On his first GOODYEAR, day back at spring training after his dad’s funeral, Terry Francona seemed to exhale when the questions eventually turned to baseball.
“Thanks, I made it,” the Cleveland manager said.
He spent the first six minutes of his media session Sunday reflecting on his father, former Indians player Tito Francona.
Francona left the Arizona camp on Thursday afternoon to go to Pennsylvania to attend the private services for his father.
The elder Francona made his major-league debut in 1956 with the Orioles, and retired as a player after the 1970 season with Milwaukee.
Terry Francona was born in 1959, the first year his dad played in Cleveland. Tito hit .363 that season and finished fifth in the AL MVP voting. He led the AL in doubles the following year, and in 1961 was an AL all-star and led the league in singles.
Footnotes.
The Angels agreed to a one-year contract with outfielder Chris Young and a minor-league contract with first baseman Chris Carter. Carter received an invitation to major-league spring training. … The Rangers decided not to sign closer Seung-Hwan Oh after an issue arose over his physical exam. The Dallas Morning News reported that the Rangers discovered “disconcerting issues” with the right-hander’s arm when examining his MRI results.