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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 Jack Youngblood Jersey , a former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback, split last season between a pair of Class A teams, Columbia Sylvester Williams Jersey , 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 Britton Colquitt Jersey , was hampered during spring training by a left ankle sprain.

Oakland Raiders offensive lineman Vadal Alexander has been suspended without pay for the first four games next season for a violation of the league policy on performance-enhancing drugs.

The Raiders made the announcement Tuesday, attributing the information to the NFL. Alexander won't be eligible to play until an Oct. 7 road game against the Chargers. He can return to practice Oct. 1, a day after the Raiders host Cleveland.

The 24-year-old offensive guard played in 15 games for Oakland last season with four starts and has appeared in 24 games overall with nine starts in two NFL seasons.

A seventh-round draft pick in 2016 out of LSU Joe Schobert Jersey , Alexander can take part in offseason workouts with the team, preseason practices and preseason games.

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