00:00Tarek Skubal for USA Today Sports, two-time Cy Young winner Tarek Skubal,
00:04faced live hitters at Comerica for the first time since his May elbow surgery,
00:09a key step towards his return.
00:11We talked about it on those predictive markets as well.
00:13Back sooner than later?
00:14Let's hold off with this.
00:15He really might be back sooner than later, Craig.
00:18Yeah, I mean, I'll probably end up being totally wrong on this one
00:21if this is trending in this direction.
00:23And I guess maybe there is a procedure that Skubal underwent
00:28that some other players may have to explore in the future.
00:31Now, I want to be cautioned with this because, Donnie, we don't know,
00:35even if he comes back, if he's 100% healthy and if this procedure actually works
00:39because I believe it's never been done for pitchers before.
00:42Instead of doing the whole arthroscopic surgery, it's like a tube or something like that
00:46to remove those whatever they call loose bodies, etc.
00:49So without diving into the weeds medically, yes, it does appear instead of July
00:54that Skubal could be back in June.
00:56Also, keep in mind that when we talked about those prediction markets,
00:59when he's back is going to be determined, Donnie, by a rehab assignment.
01:03So if they say he's coming back, that is going to be two or three starts.
01:07So as an example, if it was June 1st today,
01:10you probably would not be looking at him returning until the middle of June.
01:14So even with all of these pieces of good news,
01:19it still could end up being close to when we thought.
01:21We just have to stay tuned.
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