Troy Tulowitzki's latest comeback attempt will have to wait until 2019.

Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons told reporters Saturday that the team is not expecting the five-time All-Star shortstop to return to the field before the season is over, according to Sportsnet's Ben Nicholson-Smith.

Gibby: I don’t think you’ll see Tulowitzki this year. You’re not going to see him. I miss having him around, he’s done a lot of good things while I’ve been here. He really shored us up in ‘15. I think his defence was the biggest difference-maker of all back then. #Bluejays — Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness590) August 25, 2018

Tulowitzki last appeared in a game on July 28, 2017, when he had to be helped off the field after spraining his ankle. His subsequent foot and ankle issues were so severe he was unable to take part in game action during this year's spring training; he underwent surgery to remove bone spurs in both feet shortly after Opening Day.

At various points this season, both the team and Tulowitzki expressed optimism that he might be able to return before season's end, though the lack of a timetable for his recovery seemed to make the issue moot with each passing month.

"It's all on feel," Tulowitzki said in June regarding a possible timetable for his return to action. "There's really no schedule. I come in every day and discuss with them how I'm feeling and give them the feedback, see how sore I am. We try to map out a plan on a weekly basis of what we’re going to try to do. But that changes, honestly, every day that I go in there."

Tulowitzki's arrival in Toronto before the 2015 trade deadline was celebrated, and he proved to be a critical part of the Blue Jays' run to consecutive ALCS appearances in 2015 and 2016. But the 33-year-old's injury troubles with the Colorado Rockies have followed him north of the border; over his two-plus years with the Blue Jays, he's played in just 238 games, compiling a .250/.313/.414 slash line that sits well below his level of production in Colorado.

Tulowitzki, who is being paid $20 million this season, is under contract with the Blue Jays for another two years and is guaranteed $34 million over that span; a club option in 2021 can be bought out for $4 million. His contract also contains full no-trade protection that was activated upon his trade to Toronto.