Tim Tebow Retiring From Professional Baseball: ‘I Feel Called In Other Directions’

Tim Tebow is retiring from professional baseball after playing more than four years in the New York Mets system.

The Mets and Tebow, a former NFL quarterback, announced his retirement from baseball on Wednesday. Tebow said in a statement that he felt “called in other directions,” but he declined to specify what he may be picking up or investing more of his time in post-pro baseball.