The Tampa Bay Rays get outfielder Austin Meadows back for their American League Divisional Series against the New York Yankees.
Meadows had been on the injured list since Sept. 18 with a Grade 2 left oblique strain. To make room for Meadows, the Rays removed infielder Nate Lowe from the ALDS roster.
Game 1 of the best-of-five series vs. the Yankees is Monday night. Meadows is not in the starting lineup.
Meadows, 25, started the season on the COVID-19 injured list and did not make his debut until Aug. 4. Since then, he has batted .205 with a .296 on-base percentage, hitting four home runs with 13 RBIs. It was nowhere near the form that earned him his first All-Star Game appearance last season.
Meadows is a career .276 hitter over three seasons and 233 games, with 43 home runs — 33 of which came last season. He has 119 career RBIs with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Rays.