The Mets' Jeff McNeil will return to the team in Philadelphia

Earlier this week, the New York Mets received a positive update on second baseman Jeff McNeil, who has been cleared to resume baseball activities.

On Saturday, the Mets officially confirmed that the 2022 MLB batting champion will not only start warming up on Sunday, but will also join the team in Philadelphia as part of the taxi squad. McNeil, who stayed in California for the birth of his daughter on Friday, will take a red-eye flight.

Despite a very poor first half (.216 batting average, .590 OPS), McNeil turned his season around in the second half; Before the 32-year-old was placed on the injured list on Sept. 8 with a broken right wrist, he was batting .289/.376/.547 with 19 extra-base hits and a 156 wRC+ since the All-Star break.

Currently, the Mets have Jose Iglesias at second base; Although he had a fantastic regular season (.337/.381/.448, 137 wRC+, 2.5 fWAR in 85 games), he only recorded two hits in 14 plate appearances in the Wild Card Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Despite the relative lack of performance in second place, New York still emerged victorious against Milwaukee thanks to a dramatic, winner-take-all comeback in Game 3 and advanced to the NLDS to play the Philadelphia Phillies .

Since McNeil is just getting started in baseball, he likely won't be available in the best-of-five set against the Phillies. However, the hope is that the veteran can play in the NLCS or World Series if the Mets make it that far.