The final month of the MLB regular season is approaching, and we still have yet to see Alex Cobb throw a single pitch in a Detroit Tigers uniform. At this rate, we may never see it.
Cobb, who will turn 38 in October, signed with the Tigers this past offseason on a one-year, $15 million free agent deal. After discovering inflammation in both his left and right hips during spring training, however, he has been on the injured list since March with no timeline for his return despite two separate rehab assignments.
According to Chris McCosky of the Detroit News, Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Tuesday on MLB Radio that Cobb was being pulled off his rehab assignment and being shut down for a week.