The debut of Chris Sale in a Boston Red Sox uniform on Monday is slightly overshadowing another debut set to take place on Wednesday. The phenom known as Tim Tebow will be called up by the New York Mets to play with the big club. In fact, he’ll make his Grapefruit League debut against Boston at Tradition Field in Port Saint Lucie, FL.
While some pundits might see this as a publicity stunt, Joel Sherman of the New York Post discussed how the World Baseball Classic has made the move necessary. The Mets will lose 14 total players – the maximum allowed amount – to the WBC.