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Mets invite nine players to spring training

The Mets announced that they have invited nine players to spring training to work out with the big league club.

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, 2018

Obviously the big name here is Tim Tebow, who did appear in some spring training games with the major league club last season with mixed results. He started out 0-for-8 and faced the reigning Cy Young winner Rick Porcello in his first at-bat.