With Jacob deGrom returning to the Mets rotation after missing only one start, manager Mickey Callaway said Friday both Yoenis Cespedes (heels) and Jed Lowrie (knee) are making progress.

Cespedes endured season-ending surgery last year to repair chronic issues in both of his heels. The slugger's outlook meant that he'd miss considerable time, and the trade deadline has been used as a general barometer for Cespedes' potential return.

Recently, he's been easing into light baseball activity.

"He is continuing to rehab, obviously, with the physical therapist and things like that," Callaway said. "He is doing some hitting off the tee, hitting in the cage, things like that - that ground-based conditioning that we like to talk about. But yeah, he's doing more and more every day."

Lowrie is also progressing through his injury, which he suffered early in Spring Training. The infielder the Mets signed this offseason has been getting roughly eight at-bats a day at extended spring training, Callaway said.

While Callaway did not offer a timeline for Lowrie playing in rehab games, the assumption is that those are on the horizon for him. Once he is comfortable playing full-length games again, he'll likely rejoin the big club -- the Mets handled Todd Frazier's injury in a similar manner at the start of the season.

Both Lowrie and Cespedes will enter a somewhat crowded lineup situation upon their return, although Lowrie's is much more imminent. The infield logjam has already essentially relegated Jeff McNeil to full time in left field.

It will be interesting to see how Callaway handles playing time once Lowrie heads north.

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