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Mets' Tebow to visit specialist for injured hand

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The New York Mets' injury woes have managed to afflict the organization's minor-league affiliates.

On Saturday, the Mets announced minor-league All-Star Tim Tebow will visit a hand specialist early next week to examine an injury he sustained during a Double-A game Thursday, according to MLB.com's Anthony DiComo.

After Tebow singled and scored the winning run for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in their 3-2 victory over the Trenton Thunder, he complained of discomfort in his right hand.

"Tim (Tebow) came out of the game not feeling good after a swing," Binghamton manager Luis Rojas said, according to Mollie Walker of the New York Post. "He's going to get checked by the doctor (Friday) morning, and we have to see how his status is going to be. It's a hand/wrist thing. I think there was one swing where he let go the bottom hand and the top hand finished his swing. He said that he felt something there. We don't know right now."

Tebow was named to the Double-A Eastern League All-Star team in June after hitting .261/.335/.398 with five home runs in 67 games through his team's first half.

The former NFL quarterback signed a minor-league contract with the Mets in 2016.

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