"Free-agent slugger Carlos Delgado's return to the Majors will be on hold again.

Delgado's agent, David Sloane, told FOXSports.com that the 37-year-old first baseman, who missed much of last year because of hip surgery, had surgery on the hip again this week and will be out four months. But Sloane added the Delgado plans to play again this season.

According to FOXSports.com, Delgado's hip surgery was performed by Dr. Marc Philippon, who did surgery on Alex Rodriguez's hip last year. Delgado's surgery this time around included a reconstruction of the labrum in the right hip and a micro-fracture procedure on his hip socket.

Sloane told the Web site that Delgado, who played winter ball in Puerto Rico and only recently felt pain in the hip, is on crutches but is riding an exercise bike and isn't taking any pain medication. "