Tom Brady teases MLB fans with April Fools' Day tweet

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Tom Brady offered baseball fans in Montreal no help Thursday when he tweeted the return of the Expos on April Fools' Day.

Brady was apparently in a joking spirit as MLB celebrated opening day. He tweeted a photo of himself at Olympic Stadium and wrote that the Expos were going to return and he was going to be part of the organization.

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"With opening day today, excited to announce we’re bringing the Expos back to the MLB in 2022. Excited to be the first player/coach/owner in MLB history," Brady wrote.

The real sweetener to Brady’s joke is he could have been a baseball player if the whole football thing didn’t pan out. He was a catcher for Junipero Sierra High School in California and caught the eyes of baseball scouts before he went to Michigan to play football.

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The Expos selected Brady in the 18th round of the 1995 MLB Draft. According to the Monday Morning Quarterback in 2017, the Expos thought Brady could turn into an All-Star and offered him significant money for an 18th rounder because of that belief.

"(Brady) had a high ceiling," former Expos general manager Kevin Malone told the publication. "He was a left-handed, power-hitting catcher who was cerebral. He had arm strength. He had everything that would warrant him being projected as a major league all-star. He had everything."

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Brady would continue down the path of football win six Lombardi Trophies instead of Commissioners’ Trophies.