Mets promote Tim Tebow to advanced minor league team

Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tim Tebow is getting a promotion.

The New York Mets boosted the former football star from low-A ball with the Columbia Fireflies to St. Lucie of the Class A-Advanced League.

With the Fireflies, he was batting .222 with 3 home runs; 23 RBIs; a .311 on-base percentage; and a .340 slugging percentage, with 69 strikeouts and 23 walks in 212 at-bats.

The 29-year-old signed with the Mets in September. Before that, he won the Heisman Trophy with the Florida Gators in 2007.

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