White Sox’ Liam Hendriks returns to the mound months after cancer diagnosis

After lacking the primary two months of the 2023 MLB season, Chicago White Sox reliever Liam Hendriks returned to the mound on Monday after revealing he had been identified with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma in January.

Hendriks pitched the eighth inning, permitting two runs on three hits towards the Los Angeles Angels in his first outing since asserting in April he was in remission. 

The three-time All-Star obtained a standing ovation from the Chicago crowd as he took the mound within the eighth inning. 

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“It was nice being again on the market,” Hendriks mentioned. “Getting again, placing cleats on, working out, doing all that. I felt good, I felt sturdy, I felt comfy on the market. Sadly for me, I simply wasn’t in a position to get the two-strike pitch the place I needed to.”

Hendriks appeared in six video games with Triple-A Charlotte in his rehab course of, ending with an ERA of 10.80 as he labored his method again to the majors. 

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“Actually a testomony to his laborious work and dedication the truth that we’re even having this dialog in Could,” common supervisor Rick Hahn mentioned. “After we initially received the preliminary prognosis, I don’t suppose anybody would have been shocked if the response to a stage 4 lymphoma analysis was we weren’t going to see the man pitch this 12 months. Or if we initially introduced ‘Hey, he’s most likely going to be gone until not less than the All-Star break,’ I don’t suppose anybody would have batted a watch with that timeline.”

Followers maintain an indication recognizing Liam Hendriks, #31 of the Chicago White Sox, in the course of the fifth inning towards the Los Angeles Angels at Assured Price Area on Could 29, 2023 in Chicago. (Michael Reaves/Getty Pictures)

Hendriks signed with Chicago as a free agent in 2021 after 5 seasons with the Oakland A’s. 

In his first 12 months with the White Sox, Hendriks led the American League with 38 saves. 

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Liam Hendriks, #31 of the Chicago White Sox, enters the sport in the course of the eighth inning towards the Los Angeles Angels at Assured Price Area on Could 29, 2023 in Chicago. (Michael Reaves/Getty Pictures)

Hendriks first seen some lumps on his neck final summer season and was identified with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma in December. 

“It was positively emotional,” Hendriks mentioned, in keeping with ESPN. “It was humbling going on the market and seeing the quantity of individuals carrying my shirts, the quantity of individuals having indicators or flags or something like that – the quantity of folks that have been chanting after I got here into the sport.”

The Related Press contributed to this report