Holliday (thumb) has been cleared to ramp up his baseball activities and could return before the end of the regular season, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

EDGE Analysis

The veteran outfielder is targeting a return to the Cardinals within the next two-to-three weeks, which would get him back into the lineup for the final push for a wild card spot. Holliday has been on the shelf since mid-August due to a fractured thumb that required surgery, but he's been making a rapid recovery. He'll begin taking batting practice and doing fielding drills now that he's cleared to ramp up his activities.