Yankees OF Harrison Bader Currently Scheduled To Rehab With Double-A Somerset
Bridgewater, New Jersey – The New York Yankees are currently scheduling to have OF Harrison Bader continue his MLB rehab assignment with the Double-A Somerset Patriots on Sunday, April 23. Bader was placed on the injured list on March 27 with a left oblique strain.
Bridgewater, New Jersey – The New York Yankees are currently scheduling to have OF Harrison Bader continue his MLB rehab assignment with the Double-A Somerset Patriots on Sunday, April 23. Bader was placed on the injured list on March 27 with a left oblique strain.
🚨BADER BOMB🚨
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) September 14, 2022
Harrison Bader has his first home run for the @Yankees organization. #RepBX pic.twitter.com/YgQBDS8bLY
Bader made his organizational debut for New York as a member of the Patriots in September of 2022. While with Somerset during the final week of the regular season, Bader played six games and slashed .286/.395/.524 with a home run, his first as a member of the Yankees organization. He also had four runs, four RBI and a stolen base.
After a slow finish to the regular season in New York, Bader became a 2022 playoff hero. In nine postseason games, he batted .333/.429/.833 (10-for-30) with eight runs, five home runs, six RBI and four walks. With his five home runs during the playoffs, he became just the fifth Yankee in franchise history to hit at least five homers in a single postseason, joining Giancarlo Stanton (6 HR in 2020), Alex Rodriguez (6 HR in 2009), Bernie Williams (6 HR in 1996) and Reggie Jackson (5 HR in 1977).
The Yankees acquired Bader in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals for LHP Jordan Montgomery on August 2, 2022. Prior to the trade, Bader slashed .256/.303/.673 with 35 runs, 63 hits, five home runs and 21 RBI in 72 games for the Cardinals. At the time of trade to the Yankees, Bader was on the injured list with right foot plantar fasciitis.
Bader was drafted out of the University of Florida by the Cardinals in the third round of the 2015 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut on July 25, 2017 against the Colorado Rockies, where he went 1-for-4 in the game with a double for his first “Big League” hit.
In 2021, the Bronxville, New York native set career-highs with a .267 average, 16 home runs and 50 RBI. Bader has an MLB career .245 average with 229 runs scored, 386 hits, 75 doubles, 11 triples, 52 home runs and 177 RBI in 537 games played with the Cardinals (2017-2022) and the Yankees (2022-present).
The 2021 Gold Glove winner has appeared at all three outfield positions in his career, posting a .988 fielding percentage (1,154 TC, 14 E) with 26 assists.
Bader is the second MLB rehab assignment in Somerset this season, joining 3B Josh Donaldson (April 18). He will be the 21st Yankees player to rehab with the Patriots since becoming an affiliate in 2021.
About the Somerset Patriots
The Somerset Patriots are the New York Yankees Double-A Affiliate and develop today’s top minor league talent into the pinstriped superstars of tomorrow for MLB’s winningest team. The Patriots are the reigning Eastern League Champions and play their home games at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ, where fans of all ages and levels of baseball fandom get to enjoy the unique experience that is minor league baseball. To learn more, visit: somersetpatriots.com.