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Detroit Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias took a big leap forward in the rehabilitation process Tuesday.

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DETROIT -- Shortstop Jose Iglesias was lost for the 2014 season. But he appears to be on track for 2015.

Iglesias passed a major test Tuesday regarding the stress fractures in both of his shins that have had him on the disabled list all season.

"It was the best possible outcome we could hope for," head athletic trainer Kevin Rand said.

Iglesias saw Dr. Thomas Clanton at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado, on Tuesday and had MRIs and CT scans done.

"Basically, it showed that the bone has healed to the point that they feel comfortable now going back to doing lower-body rehabilitation and conditioning and start loading that and see how it goes," Rand said.

Iglesias, who has been limited to almost no activity involving his lower body, will move forward with a rehabilitation plan with his physical therapist in Miami for now. The plan is for him to start an offseason program in November so he can be fully prepared and ready to go in spring training.

"He's able to start doing lower-body work, lower-body strengthening and lower-body conditioning," Rand said. "He's been limited in what he could do. He could do some pool work, which he had done. He's now going to get into that weight-bearing stage."

Iglesias hit .256 with a .654 OPS in 46 games for the Tigers in 2013 after a trade that brought him from Boston to Detroit.

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