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Why Mets could give Tim Tebow 2nd shot at Triple-A Syracuse

Could Tim Tebow play a second season at Triple-A Syracuse for the Mets? The chance of that happening isn’t out of the question, according to Syracuse manager Gary Tony DeFrancesco.

“Right now, it’s a good place for Tim Tebow to be because there’s not a 22-year-old waiting in Double-A, the next phenom,” DeFrancesco told Syracuse.com before his team’s 9-6 loss to Durham Tuesday night. “Some of the prospects were traded for some of the transactions that they (New York) made at the major league level.”

“I think next year we’ll be in the same situation.