Tim Tebow to begin season at Double-A

Mets minute: Tim Tebow sent to Double-A Binghamton

Mets minute: Tim Tebow sent to Double-A Binghamton

Tim Tebow has his 2018 assignment: the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, which is the Class AA affiliate of the Mets, USA Today reported.

Tebow, 30, got the promotion despite hitting.056 (1-for-18 with 11 strikeouts) in major league spring training. He struggled at the plate, hitting just.226 with eight home runs and 56 RBIs in 430 at-bats across two Class A levels.

The Rumble Ponies have not officially confirmed the announcement.

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If past year is any template, Tebow could spend 60-something games at Double-A this season before moving up to Triple-A.

He had a hard spring training in New York's big-league camp, going 1-for-18 with 11 strikeouts before being a part of the first wave of roster cuts. He has spent the last two weeks in the Mets' minor-league camp. The season was the former Heisman Trophy winner's first in baseball since his junior year of high school.

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