Detroit ― Parker Meadows could be getting close to returning to the Tigers. Matt Vierling, well, time will tell.

Meadows was in the Tigers' clubhouse before Monday's game against the New York Mets, continuing his rehab work while the Toledo Mud Hens had a day off. Meadows, out with a right quad strain, played consecutive games in center field on his rehab assignment for Toledo on Saturday and Sunday, a positive sign in his progress toward rejoining the Tigers, manager AJ Hinch said Monday.

Meadows was hitless with three strikeouts Sunday, but just getting through a second game in a row on defense was what the Tigers wanted to see.

"Parker's been pretty good. He said this is the best his body's felt," Hinch said before the opener of a three-game series with the New York Mets at Comerica

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