Yankees rehab updates: Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodon, Anthony Volpe possible return dates

“I don’t know,” Boone said. “We’ll see. As this weekend unfolds, we’ll get a better idea.”

Boone also indicated that Rodon likely will be back in the Yankees’ rotation before Cole.

When Boone was asked if he knows how many more rehab starts Cole will make, he responded, “No, but I anticipate Carlos being closer though. It’s still at least a few more (for Cole), I think.”

Rehab assignments for pitchers can last 30 days. Cole’s started April 17 when he allowed three runs over 4 1/3 innings in a start with the Double-A Patriots, so it’s possible he could make four more starts on April 28, May 3, May 8 and May 13.

That could have Cole making his season debut for the Yankees against the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on May 18, if he keeps pitching with four days rest.

Rodon likely will make two more rehab starts next week, then possibly rejoin the Yankees to pitch on Sunday, May 10 in Milwaukee or Monday the 11th in Baltimore.

Cole was upbeat after his 52-pitch start on Thursday.

“I felt good,” he said in a post-outing interview. “I got into the fifth again. I threw all my pitches. So it was a good night.”

Cole started his outing with three scoreless innings, then allowed a solo homer in the fourth to Mets first baseman prospect Corey Collins when throwing four changeups in a row “to work on it,” and another run scored in the fifth on a double, passed ball and sacrifice fly.

“I wanted to make sure I got some fastballs down,” he said. “I struggled a little bit with that in Somerset. For the most part we did. I executed the down and away quadrant. Ironically, I gave up three hits on that pitch, but I put it where I wanted to.

“The curveball stayed really sharp. I had a couple opportunity to change speeds with it. The changeup was poor and the slider probably overall was poor, too.”

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