00:00Tigers fans, here is the full story on a Sunday night development that no one wanted to hear.
00:05Two-time defending American League Cy Young Award winner Tarek Skubal will undergo arthroscopic
00:10surgery on his left elbow to remove loose bodies after a flare-up on Sunday night.
00:15Skubal was scratched from his scheduled start against the Red Sox on Monday night, which
00:18comes just five days after an injury scare against the Braves in Atlanta, and he will
00:23be placed on the injured list, manager A.J. Hinch said.
00:28Skubal felt another episode again.
00:31Later Sunday, after talking it over with doctors and staff, Skubal underwent tests that revealed
00:38the loose bodies.
00:39He will consult with doctors and set up the procedure.
00:42No timetable for Skubal's return was immediately available, but typically this sort of injury
00:48requires two to three months.
00:49If Skubal follows a similar timeline, that would mean a return in July or August.
00:54From my understanding, you just go take it out.
00:57Skubal said.
00:58I think length of the rehab is probably just getting your spring training build-up up again,
01:03getting your volume up, but the procedure itself I think is pretty simple, as far as
01:07what I've been explained.
01:08I think the important thing is getting them taken out, and then you let the incisions
01:12heal I'm assuming, let everything else heal up inside, start playing catch again, and
01:17eventually get back to pitching in the big leagues.
01:19Tyler Holton will start Monday night, making his second consecutive start in what will be another
01:25bullpen game.
01:26Last Wednesday night in Atlanta, Skubal shook his left arm, grabbed his forearm and summoned
01:31catcher Dillon, Dingler to the mound.
01:33Putting a scare into Tigers fans and officials alike, Skubal said Sunday afternoon that he put
01:38in a normal between-starts routine and appeared ready to go Monday before Hinch announced the
01:43news of the surgery.
01:44So, Detroit, how much faith do you have that this rotation can keep the club in contention
01:51while their ace is out, and what do you expect from Skubal when he finally returns?
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