According to MyTopSportsbooks.com, the Atlanta Braves could be in the Tim Tebow market at some point this season. The odds-making website is giving the Braves the fourth-highest odds to be the first team to sign the former football player to a Major League contract in 2018.
The Braves sit at 25/1 odds to sign Tebow, behind the Mets (2/3), Yankees (4/1) and Rockies (19/1). Tebow was invited to his second spring training with the Mets. Last year, he batted a combined .226 with eight home runs and 52 RBIs in 126 games with the Single-A Columbia (S.C.) Fireflies and Port St. Lucie Mets. New York general manager Sandy Alderson recently said Tebow will play in the majors.
The former Heisman Trophy winner and national champion from Florida decided to pursue a professional baseball career a couple years ago. He also is an analyst for the SEC Network during football season.
MyTopSportsbooks.com also gave other odds for the Braves 2018 season. The Braves are starting at 11/1 odds to win the NL East -- fourth-best in the division behind the Nationals (2/3), Mets (4/1), Phillies (8/1) and in front of the Marlins (100/1).
Atlanta also has the sixth-highest odds to get into a team brawl first. The division rivalry of the Braves vs. Mets is going off at 19/1 odds to include the first brawl of the season. That trails the Red Sox vs. Yankees (8/1), Nationals vs. Giants (8/1), Cubs vs. Cardinals (12/1), Rangers vs. Astros (15/1) and Tigers vs. Yankees (15/1).
