Rehabbing Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig is playing at Dodger Stadium on Saturday evening – at least he would if it were up to him.

After playing in his second consecutive rehab game with the Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Friday night, the 24-year-old Cienfuegos, Cuba native said that he is healthy and ready to return to the Dodgers line-up.

“It’s not my decision but this is my last game here,” Puig said through an interpreter after the Quakes beat the defending Cal League champion Lancaster JetHawks by a score of 4-1 in front of 3,254 at The Hangar in Lancaster.

When asked if he felt any discomfort in his twice-injured left hamstring, Puig himself answered.

“Nope.”

After going 2 for 4 on Thursday night with a double, ground out, strike out and single, Puig drew a walk in his first at-bat on Friday night followed by a ground out in his second. He then absolutely crushed a solo home run to left-center field with two outs in his third at-bat in the fifth inning that traveled a Joc Pederson-like 454 feet. He then came out of the game after grounding into a force play in the top of the sixth inning.

The fact that Puig drew a walk in his first at-bat in itself showed tremendous progress for the normally free-swinger. And although he grounded into a force out in his final at-bat of the night, he took two curve balls that were just outside – pitches that he would have chased last season.

“I didn’t swing at those two pitches so, yeah, I’m seeing the ball well,” Puig said when asked about that at-bat.

Although Puig made only one put out in right field, he made two powerful throws that prevented JetHawks runners from taking extra bases, which certainly proves that there’s absolutely nothing wrong with his arm.

Although Puig starting against the Cardinals at Dodger Stadium on Saturday might be a bit of wishful thinking for the “Wild Horse,” I wouldn’t bet against him returning to the Dodgers line-up a lot sooner rather than later.