Jeff McNeil has the perfect Taylor Swift walkup song in 2024

Is Jeff McNeil a Swiftie?

If you’re a baseball player in New York and you need the perfect song to walk up to when you’re batting, Taylor Swift has one tune that’s just ideal.

That would be Welcome to New York, off of her album 1989. Jeff McNeil happens to fit the profile as a Mets player who apparently wanted to change up his walkup music this year, so in his first game of 2024, he strolled up to the plate to the sounds of Taylor Swift.

As you’d expect, people picked up on it immediately and they loved it. Here’s a sampling from X (formerly Twitter):