NEW YORK -- If all goes according to plan, Alex Rodriguez will complete his minor league rehab this weekend and join the New York Yankees in Texas early next week.

"That's the hope," general manager Brian Cashman said in a phone conversation Wednesday. "We'll see through the weekend. We started the 20-day rehab and once we felt he could complete the 20 days and be available to us in Texas. So let's get through the weekend and see where he is at and see if he is major league able."

Cashman said the Yankees could activate Rodriguez on Monday in Texas or give him an additional day off and push his first game to Tuesday.

"We have to get through the weekend, and then we will evaluate it," Cashman said.

If the Yankees were to decide that Rodriguez wasn't ready to return, he would remain on the disabled list. He would then work out for a period of time before going on another rehab assignment.

Rodriguez, who will turn 38 in less than two weeks, is trying to return from a second hip surgery. He has not played in a major league game since the 2012 postseason in which he went 3-for-25 with 12 strikeouts. He was pinch-hit for and benched during the playoffs.

Ten games into his rehab stint, Rodriguez is 5-for-28 with one home run and six strikeouts. Beginning Thursday, Rodriguez will move to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

"We're on schedule," Rodriguez said Wednesday morning.