Wearing a T-shirt with the words “struckout cancer,' Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks met with reporters Wednesday at Guaranteed Rate Field to discuss his drive to return after his battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
. And now he’s remarkably one step closer to joining the Sox, beginning a minor-league rehab assignment Friday with Triple-A Charlotte at Gwinnett.“As soon as I found out the regular treatment timelines, I was like, ‘OK, how can I beat it,’” said Hendriks, who met with reporters wearing a T-shirt with the words “struckout cancer” Wednesday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“You see how much it ravages not only the person but also the spouse. Not only was I wondering about myself and making sure I had the right mentality, I wanted to make sure everybody around me knew I was attacking this thing head on and to not worry about me and my mental state because I’m attacking this no matter what.”
“It’s messages like that that kind of really forced me to dig deep and go, like, ‘Look I’ve done this my entire career. This is what we’re going to do, were going to try to push the limits and see what we can do and at the end of the day if I can push and I can feel all right, that’s what we’re going to do.’ ”“The positivity he carried through the entire process was remarkable,” Giolito said. “No matter what we do as a team this is the best news of the year.
Hendriks has spent the last couple of days at Guaranteed Rate Field and played catch in left field before Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins.
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