CHICAGO — White Sox nearer Liam Hendriks has been sidelined by elbow irritation after he missed the beginning of the season whereas he recovered from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Hendriks was positioned on the 15-day injured record earlier than Sunday’s 6-5 loss to the Miami Marlins. Left-hander Tanner Banks was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte.

“It’s unfortunate, especially how he got through what he got through,” supervisor Pedro Grifol mentioned. “It impacts us as a club emotionally. It impacts our roster, but again, we got to continue to move forward and hopefully he can recover from this. That’s all we can do at this point.”

General supervisor Rick Hahn mentioned Hendriks’ elbow discomfort is at the moment presenting in the identical manner as a difficulty the pitcher had final season, when he was positioned on the IL on June 14 with a strained proper forearm flexor after which reinstated on July 4.

“At this point we do not know if that’s going to be a similar path for this year,” Hahn mentioned. “He’s undergoing additional examinations at this point. He’s not at the ballpark, seeing our doctors. I suspect we won’t have a specific update until probably Tuesday in all candor.”

The IL stint for Hendriks comes with the White Sox (29-38) nonetheless attempting to dig out of a brutal 7-21 begin to this season. They had gained six of eight earlier than they blew a 5-1 lead within the rubber recreation of the weekend set in opposition to the Marlins.

When Hendriks missed the beginning of the season, the White Sox additionally had been with out Garret Crochet whereas the left-hander completed his restoration from Tommy John surgical procedure. Crochet returned final month, and Kendall Graveman and Keynan Middleton had been pitching properly earlier than stumbling within the collection finale in opposition to Miami.

Grifol additionally had been easing Hendriks again into the nearer position.

“Obviously losing Liam can hurt any bullpen,” Grifol mentioned earlier than Sunday’s loss. “But we are better prepared than if it just happened just out of the blue. I trust our guys that we have back there. They’ve been pitching great baseball. They’ve been pitching in different roles.”

Hendriks made his main league return from most cancers when he pitched an inning in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels on May 29. The 34-year-old right-hander is 2-0 with a save and a 5.40 ERA in 5 appearances this 12 months.

Hendriks has 116 saves and a 3.82 ERA over 13 seasons with Minnesota, Toronto, Kansas City, Oakland and Chicago. He signed a $54 million, three-year cope with the White Sox in January 2021.

He led the American League with a career-high 38 saves in his first 12 months with Chicago. He was third within the majors with 37 saves and made his third All-Star group in 2022, however he seen some lumps on his neck final summer season.

He was identified with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma and underwent immunotherapy and chemotherapy. He introduced in April that he was in remission.

“I’m disappointed for him, just because of how much, like you said, he has fought through and what he’s personally been through to get himself back to this level,” Hahn mentioned. “So, I feel for him the person first. Secondly, yeah, it’s disappointing to lose a potential weapon for the back end of our bullpen for some sort of period of time. That said, we feel a lot of confidence in the other options we have down there.”

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