It’s probably a good thing Kyle Hendricks isn’t having to deal with Chicago traffic right about now. After all, he’s got to take it easy with the middle finger that sidelined him for most of June and July last season. But the issue that he described as “like a strain of a ligament, almost” had actually been bothering him since last spring, which is why he’s being more careful this time around.
“It kinda crept out out of nowhere for me,” Hendricks told MLB Network’s Greg Amsinger. “It was in the middle finger of my right hand, like right in the middle part of it.