For better or worse, the New York Mets will take a long look at Tim Tebow heading into https://www.yankeesedges.com/new-york-yankees/derek-jeter-jersey the 2018 season.The 30-year-old outfielder has been invited to major league spring training, the team announced Friday.We’ve invited nine players to major league #SpringTraining including: Peter Alonso, P.J. Conlon, Kevin Kaczmarski, Patrick Mazeika, Drew Smith, Corey Taylor, Tim Tebow, David Thompson and Adonis Uceta. #Mets New York Mets (@Mets) January 19, 2018Tebow spent most of his time last spring, his first as a baseball player, at the Mets’ minor league complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla. He was called over to appear in nine Grapefruit League Bernie Williams Jersey games, going 4-for-27 (.148) at the plate with eight strikeouts and a walk.Of course, all of his appearances with the big-league club generated significant fan and media interest, given his football background and ongoing offseason gig as an ESPN broadcaster. That carried over into the regular season, where the two minor league clubs Tebow played for in 2017, the Single-A Columbia (S.C.) Fireflies and Port St. Lucie Mets, saw significant attendance Don Mattingly Jersey boosts at home and on the road.While it remains a stretch to consider the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner a legitimate prospect after he hit .226 with 126 strikeouts in 486 plate appearances last season, the clock is ticking for both the Mets and Tebow to see how he fares against better competition.The Mets’ first full-squad workout in Port St. Lucie is scheduled for Feb. 19, with their Grapefruit League opener set for Feb. 23 at home against the Braves.