The New York Mets have signed Tim Tebow to a minor league contract.

Sandy Alderson met with team co-owner Jeff Wilpon, who signed off on Alderson's suggestion that they get a deal done.

The instructional league runs from Sept. 18 to Oct. 8.

Tebow, who hasn't played organized baseball since his junior year at Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Florida, in 2005, has been working out with former big league catcher Chad Moeller in Scottsdale, Arizona, since Memorial Day.

The Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies also had strong interest in Tebow.