LOS ANGELES -- Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks, who recently returned to the majors after undergoing treatment for cancer, has no structural damage to his right elbow and is hoping for a minimal stint on the injured list.
Hendriks received a cortisone shot Sunday, the same day he was placed on the 15-day IL with inflammation in his pitching elbow, and will receive a platelet-rich plasma injection at some point before the White Sox leave Los Angeles on Thursday night.
Hendriks, 34, had to get clearance from his oncologist in order to receive the shots because he is still in remission from stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which he was diagnosed with in December.