Tim Tebow has been promoted to Double-A after going 1 for 18 with 11 strikeouts in big league spring training for the New York Mets.
The Mets said Wednesday that the outfielder has been assigned to start the season at Binghamton of the Eastern League. The Rumble Ponies open their season at home on April 5 against Portland.
The 30-year-old Tebow Chris Hogan Jersey , a former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback, split last season between a pair of Class A teams, Columbia, South Carolina, and St. Lucie. He hit .226 with eight homers and 52 RBIs in 126 games.
Tebow, who is not on the Mets' 40-man major league roster, was hampered during spring training by a left ankle sprain.
Mohamed Bamba could be the next Rudy Gobert, and thatr17;s why her17;s expected to go very high in the NBA draft.
The towering 7-footer from Harlem, who played his one collegiate season at Texas Patrick Onwuasor Jersey , worked out individually with Phoenix on Saturday, the third player to do so this week as the Suns weigh their options with the No. 1 overall pick this month in the NBA draft.
Deandre Ayton worked out Wednesday and Marvin Bagley III on Friday.
r1;Mo had a really good workout,r1; Suns general manager Ryan McDonough said. r1;His wingspan, his standing reach, is off the charts. His ability to protect the rim I think will be elite at the NBA level, in addition to his ability to rebound the ball. Another thing that stood out to us in his workout today is we can tell her17;s been working on his shooting.r1;
Bamba has been working with noted shooting coach Drew Hanlen and has made significant changes to his form.
McDonough described Bambar17;s old form as r1;a slingshotr1; approach with the ball released far behind the shooterr17;s head.
Bamba said the changes have r1;made like a night-and-day difference in just my mechanics, getting the ball off smoother and having softer landing on the rim.r1;
r1;My makes are all net and my misses are landing very soft and long instead of short,r1; he said.
Bamba has a 7-foot-10 wingspan, the largest ever recorded at the NBA combine. McDonough said Bambar17;s highest vertical jump was 12 1-2 feet Tarvarius Moore Jersey , r1;which is crazy.r1;
As for the comparison with Gobert, the shot-blocking center of the Utah Jazz, McDonough said r1;honestly I think at 20 years old her17;s ahead of where Rudy was.r1;
r1;Now Rudyr17;s made tremendous strides over the last three or four years,r1; McDonough said. r1;The question for Mo is can he fill out his body the way Rudy has. But in terms of measurements, theyr17;re similar. In terms of the willingness and desire to anchor a defense and protect the rim, theyr17;re similar. I think Mo probably is a little more mobile at the same age and Rudy is probably stronger, more physically developed at the same age.r1;
Bamba loves the comparison.
r1;He just changed the geometry of the game,r1; Bamba said. r1;When her17;s not blocking the shot, her17;s in the back of your mind.r1;
McDonough calls Bamba r1;a super-bright guy Tavon Young Jersey , one of the smarter guys Ir17;ve seen in the last 10 or 15 years come through the pre-draft process.r1;
Bamba believes that intelligence will serve him well in the NBA.
r1;I have the natural ability to pick things up a lot faster than I think most people would,r1; he said, r1;and I think Ir17;ve shown that in the workout that we did today. r30; IQ is really big. Itr17;s something that you really want to have on and off the court and it takes your game to the next level for sure.r1;
Bamba weighs 234 pounds.
r1;Her17;s super-long but her17;s thin so he needs to add some length to his body, especially the lower body,r1; McDonough said. r1;But I think from day one her17;ll be able to step on the court and impact games defensively, block shots, rebound and then be an over-the-top lob threat and then build the rest of his game out from there.r1;
Bamba said he is working out for other teams but didnr17;t want to identify them. Ayton said the Suns were the only team her17;s working out with. Bagley planned to work out with Sacramento and Atlanta, teams with the No. 2 and No. 3 picks, respectively Kenyan Drake Jersey , in the June 21 draft.
Ayton said he knows he will be the No.1 pick. Bagley said he, not Ayton, deserves to be.
Bamba was more diplomatic.
r1;Everyone feels entitled to it, but I have no entitlement to it,r1; he said. r1;Itr17;s something that obviously I worked my butt off for and my whole thing is to put it in very short sentences r11; I do more and I require less. The Suns are more than a perfect fit for me.r1; Adidas Will Butcher Jersey
