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Liam Hendriks Placed On Injured List With Forearm Strain

By Anthony Franco | June 14, 2022 at 5:09pm CDT

White Sox closer Liam Hendriks has been diagnosed with a flexor strain in his forearm, general manager Rick Hahn told reporters (including Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times). He’s been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to June 11, with Joe Kelly reinstated from the IL to take his place on the active roster.

Asked about a timetable for Hendriks’ return, Hahn noted the club will have to see “how he responds to treatment over the next few days” but added “the preliminary estimate is three weeks.” A return within a few weeks would register as a positive for the club given the ominous diagnosis, as flexor strains can sometimes be a precursor to more serious elbow problems.

Signed to what amounts to a four-year, $54MM free agent deal over the 2020-21 offseason, Hendriks has generally been excellent for the South Siders. He posted a 2.54 ERA with an otherworldly 42.3% strikeout rate through 71 innings last season, saving 38 games in the process. He’s collected another 16 saves this year and owns a 2.81 ERA across 25 2/3 frames. The righty’s strikeout rate has taken a step back from its previous heights, but he’s still punching out a very strong 34.6% of batters faced.

Hendriks is one of the sport’s top late-inning weapons. The Sox also lost southpaw Aaron Bummer to the IL over the weekend, leaving manager Tony La Russa a bit shorthanded in the bullpen. Despite having a Hendriks – Bummer pairing at the back end, Chicago continued to invest heavily in relief pitching this past offseason. The front office brought in Kendall Graveman and the aforementioned Kelly on multi-year free agent deals, and that duo plus Matt Foster figure to see plenty of high-leverage opportunities over the next few weeks.

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  1. sjwil1

    10 months ago

    David Robertson would look good in a Sox uniform.. again

    Reply
    • RunDMC

      10 months ago

      So would Craig Kimbrel.

      Reply
    • mike127

      10 months ago

      Good point—by all accounts the Cubs traded the Sox a closer last year and it was the final piece to that championship season. History tends to repeat itself, doesn’t it? Back to back!!

      Reply
    • Dogbone

      10 months ago

      Robertson and Madrigal. But the Cubs need to hold out for the Sox young A ball infielder that they keep touting. Now, the shoe is on the other foot.

      Reply
      • #1WhiteSoxFan

        10 months ago

        No, we have Lopez!!

        Reply
  2. okinnitram

    10 months ago

    Worked hard by TLR and put away wet

    Reply
    • #1WhiteSoxFan

      10 months ago

      I bet Liam belted out a loud “F” word when be heard the diagnosis!

      Reply
      • Dogbone

        10 months ago

        LOL, yeah I bet he did.

        Reply
    • BeansforJesus

      10 months ago

      Same as TLRs whiskey glasses.

      Reply
      • unclemike1525

        10 months ago

        Tony LaRussa – Dave Duncan = Pathetic.

        Reply
    • Samuel

      10 months ago

      okinnitram;

      Hendriks IP is in line with most of the better MLB closers.

      You cheap shot artists are pathetic.

      Reply
      • Oldman58

        10 months ago

        It’s not a cheap shot
        Hendriks pitched in eight games with zero days of rest and he’s pitched in seven games with one day rest. It’s not how many innings you throw that count, it’s when and how rested a pitcher is. Even though a pitcher says he can go the manager has to be smarter. But not TLR

        Reply
    • Mystery Team

      10 months ago

      75 innings last year is “worked hard”? You’re just another guy who wants to blame the manager. What should LaRussa do not use the guy? Limit him to what 30 or 40 innings? He gets paid a bunch of money to pitch it’s not the managers fault he’s injured.

      Reply
      • Oldman58

        10 months ago

        It’s 162 games plus playoffs. Work your Closer balls to the wall and he’s injured by mid June. Yes you try to win every game however you only get a trophy if you win the last game of the year. Maybe a good manager would recognize that

        Reply
      • Pads Fans

        10 months ago

        From April 30 to May 7 Hendricks pitched in 7 games in 9 days That is definitely being “rode hard and put up wet”.

        Prior to that he pitched 4 games in 5 days. So far he has pitched in 25 of the teams 1st 56 games and it would have been more if he had not been held out of 6 games as day-to-day between May 25 and June 4.

        Closers typically don’t pitch 3 games in a row or that often. That is the fault of the manager.

        Reply
        • tstats

          10 months ago

          And a tad bit the offense as they couldn’t score enough runs to relieve him

  3. fffbbb

    10 months ago

    So in a week they will announce Tommy John surgery, see you in 2024.

    Reply
    • #1WhiteSoxFan

      10 months ago

      TJ for the forearm?

      Reply
      • Roguesaw2

        10 months ago

        Yes. Happened to Dylan Bundy. It’s all connected, and all a house of cards. One piece goes it puts the rest in jeopardy. Basically depends what caused the forearm strain in the first place. Is it over compensating for a damaged UCL? It’s going to keep doing this until you fix the UCL. Tommy John.

        Reply
      • Sideline Redwine

        10 months ago

        Forearm strain often is a precursor.

        Reply
        • #1WhiteSoxFan

          10 months ago

          Didn’t Hendriks already have TJ?

      • BeansforJesus

        10 months ago

        @#1whitesoxfan maybe. Never had a forearm tug job, how much?

        Reply
        • el jefe

          10 months ago

          If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.

      • donopolis

        10 months ago

        Forearm strain is a precursor for TJ a lot of the time. Not a 100% but it is not what you eant to hear for a pitcher.

        Reply
      • Pads Fans

        10 months ago

        I would guess that 80-90% of forearm strains require Tommy John soon thereafter.

        Reply
  4. A'sfaninUK

    10 months ago

    Pretty interesting his strikeout rate spike in 2019 and arm injury in 2022….says a lot. The mechanical change he made before 2019 is what hurt him now.

    Reply
    • #1WhiteSoxFan

      10 months ago

      Bring back “Coop”!

      Reply
    • mike127

      10 months ago

      He probably hurt it screaming after a strikeout of a .188 hitter.

      Reply
    • BeansforJesus

      10 months ago

      I would think a change in mechanics wouldn’t be a slow lead up to injury, rather a quicker one where moving parts are stressed under new movement. But, then again I’m no arm expert, just a hobby collector.

      Reply
    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      10 months ago

      Or he’s been wiping too hard and should’ve invested in a bidet. Both plausible theories.

      Reply
      • Yankee Clipper

        10 months ago

        Or it’s caused by his nervous twitches when he faces the Yankees lineup and they demolish his pitching.

        Reply
    • tstats

      10 months ago

      Stop being salty that your poverty team wouldn’t pay up

      Reply
    • donopolis

      10 months ago

      That’s quite a leap there. If it had been sooner than 3 years, I might agree, but there are literally any number of factors that could have caused this.

      Reply
  5. thelegendaryharambe

    10 months ago

    RIP

    Reply
  6. Prunella Vulgaris

    10 months ago

    Uh oh …

    Reply
  7. unclemike1525

    10 months ago

    So what’s LaRussa gonna do now that he finally trashed his only reliable bullpen arm. Told you every game he doesn’t use him he gets the shakes. So what now? Forearm strain = precursor to TJ surgery. Then they’re screwed for the next 2 years. Atta Boy LaRussa, Have another drink, You’re gonna need it.

    Reply
    • #1WhiteSoxFan

      10 months ago

      Graveman
      Lopez
      Kelly

      Any one of those and all of those arms will do nicelyas closer!

      Reply
      • donopolis

        10 months ago

        Why do you keep putting Lopez on some undeserved pedestal? He has been a fine reliever since they converted him, but I don’t understand how you can see what he has done in the last year plus that makes you think, “yup, he’s our 9th inning guy”

        Reply
        • #1WhiteSoxFan

          10 months ago

          Lopez closed out game tonight!
          Flawlessly!

      • tstats

        10 months ago

        Kelly only closes if you want a heart attack

        Reply
        • AverageCommenter

          10 months ago

          I love watching Kelly. He’s got a lot of excitement, and he’s really good at intentionally plunking guys.

  8. nailz#4life

    10 months ago

    Here comes the first major trade of the season.

    Reply
    • tstats

      10 months ago

      White Sox to acquire Lou Trivino?

      Reply
  9. Jacksson13

    10 months ago

    He strained all of his FOUR ARMS ???

    Reply
  10. donopolis

    10 months ago

    Sox can’t catch a break. So many injuries. The sad thing is, it isn’t like they have been playing great when people have been healthy either. They cant hit with the bases loaded, they cant hit for any power, outside of stealing bases, they are horrendously bad on the base paths, they are brutal defensively, their starting pitching has been Jeckyl and Hyde, and they spend all this money on the BP, and it’s below average. It has been a frustrating season for Sox fans.

    Reply
    • #1WhiteSoxFan

      10 months ago

      13 SOX “starters” spent time so far on IL this season!

      Reply
      • stymeedone

        10 months ago

        Detroit says “hold my beer!” Tiger fans wish we only had the amount of injuries the White Sox have. Quit ya whining!

        Reply
        • ChiSoxCity

          10 months ago

          Expectations for the Sox were much higher than Detroit. Not even remotely similar.

    • shotokan

      10 months ago

      Yet all we heard all winter was how great they were going to be.

      Reply
  11. zacharydmanprin

    10 months ago

    …and that’s why you don’t spend $15 million a year on a closer.

    Reply
    • hyraxwithaflamethrower

      10 months ago

      Because he can get injured? Good to know that everyone else making $15M a year is safe from injury.

      Reply
      • Zachary D Manprin

        10 months ago

        How many other closers are making $15 Million?

        Reply
        • sfu13 .

          10 months ago

          Uh plenty; Kimbrel, Chapman, Jansen, Robertson, Neris, etc.

  12. msqboxer

    10 months ago

    Injuries are part of the game….good managers and GMs are made by what they do when they do happen, not the excuses they make because of them.

    Reply
  13. Fred K. Burke

    10 months ago

    YIKES! South Siders getting hammered by injuries. Crazy stuff. It’s still early. One good 7 game win streak or a good run of say 8 wins out of 10 and they are right back. If not. If things continue to go down hill. Hahn will need to make decisions looking forward to next year.

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