Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen expects Tim Tebow to start spring training on time after missing the final month of last season at Triple-A Syracuse with a laceration on his left pinkie. It was the second straight year in which the former Heisman Trophy winner sustained an injury that curtailed his season — in 2018 he broke the hamate bone in his right hand.
Tebow slashed .163/.240/.255 in 77 games last season for Syracuse after getting selected to the Double-A All-Star Game the previous year.
“I think the hamate injury from 2018 stopped some of his momentum,” Van Wagenen said.