White Sox to activate Liam Hendriks from IL

Liam Hendriks is formally returning to the majors, because the White Sox introduced (through a welcome-back video on their crew Twitter feed) that the nearer will probably be activated from the 15-day injured record on Monday previous to their sport with the Angels. 

Hendriks introduced in January that he was beginning therapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, however after ending that therapy in early April, he fortunately announced a cancer-free prognosis simply over a month in the past.

Hendriks threw six Triple-A rehab outings earlier this month, and has additionally been throwing bullpens and stay BP classes to proceed increase his arm power. 

Studies surfaced Saturday that Hendriks appeared to be nearing his return date, and the choice was made that the nearer was able to once more face Main League hitters.

It’s nice information throughout that Hendriks has been capable of emerge from his well being scare, and now appears to get again onto the mound for what will probably be his thirteenth MLB marketing campaign. 

It stays to be seen if Hendriks will probably be eased into motion or whether or not or not he’ll be instantly capable of pitch at his traditional elite degree, however even off the sector, his return is a gigantic elevate to the White Sox clubhouse, as Hendriks is a beloved determine each with teammates and along with his friends all through baseball. 

Sticking simply to on-field issues, it should naturally assist Chicago’s struggling bullpen to regain a high nearer.

Hendriks has three All-Star appearances and two top-nine AL Cy Younger finishes within the final 4 seasons, racking up 114 saves for the A’s and White Sox in that point. 

2023 is technically the ultimate assured yr of Hendriks’ three-year, $54M free agent cope with the Sox, however the White Sox have a $15M membership choice and a $15M buyout on his companies for the 2024 season, so it will seem as if Hendriks will probably be retained for an additional yr.

A commerce might change issues, however whereas the White Sox fell to 22-33 after at this time’s loss to the Tigers, the membership has considerably stabilized issues after their dreadful 7-20 April document. 

Nobody participant can flip issues round for a crew, however getting Hendriks again ought to assist the Sox attempt to get again into rivalry within the weak AL Central.