It only took one game with Jeff McNeil back at second base for New York Mets fans to want him on the bench again.

The New York Mets activated catcher Francisco Alvarez and second baseman Jeff McNeil from the injured list, and both were in the lineup to make their season debut in the opener of a four-game series against the Washington Nationals.

Francisco Alvarez and Jeff McNeil were absent from the Mets' lineup for the first 4 weeks of the season, but they were finally activated from the IL on Friday.