Bader (oblique) will likely spend a couple weeks on a rehab assignment before being activated, Yankees manager Aaron Boone told Chris Kirschner of The Athletic on Friday.

EDGE Analysis

Bader will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset on Friday. Because it will be his first game action since he strained his left oblique in early March, he'll require a good number of at-bats in order to knock the rust off.