Carlos Delgado, who recently signed with the Red Sox, will not play this season due to a small tear in his hip, the Boston Herald reports.

“He’s extremely disappointed,” agent David Sloane told the Herald. “It would be tough for a human being to not be disappointed. He wouldn’t be human if he wasn’t very upset about it.”

Delgado, a former Mets first baseman who missed almost all of last season and hasn’t played in the majors this year, will see Dr. Marc Phillipon, the hip specialist who also treated Alex Rodriguez.

He had been playing with Triple-A Pawtucket with the intention of playing for Boston.

“He felt fine when he signed,” Sloane said. “He was playing. He was headed in right direction. All of a sudden, he felt pain there. Everything at this point is up in the air. He’s going to need some time to think about the next step.”