David Wright expects to begin playing rehab games in Port St. Lucie “sometime in this next week,” TCPalm.com reports.

The Mets are pointing to Friday’s game in Lakeland for his debut for the Single-A team.

Terry Collins has said he expects Wright, recovering from a stress fracture in his lower back, to need somewhere between 30-40 at-bats before he’s ready to return to the Mets. That would get the third baseman back either against the Cardinals at Citi Field next week or in Florida against the Marlins.

“I’m just entering into some controlled game situations,” Wright told the newspaper in Port St. Lucie on Monday. “I’ve been taking batting practice outside and taking ground balls full-go. Hopefully, I’ll be playing in some rehab games sometime in this next week.”

Wright has been working out at the Mets’ minor-league facility since June 25 after suffering the injury in April. Wright played with it for nearly a month, which delayed his recovery.