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A’s Liam Hendriks scheduled for hip procedure

ARLINGTON, Texas - Reliever Liam Hendriks, on the disabled list for a adductor muscle strain, was scheduled to have a cyst removed from his right hip Tuesday, along with a platelet-rich plasma injection to address a tear in the muscle tendon.

“It’s not significant enough to where they feel like they need to do a repair,” A”s trainer Nick Paparesta said of the tear, which is an area also known as the musculotendonis junction. “The PRP will alleviate the issues.”

Paparesta said that Hendriks was scheduled for the procedure Tuesday afternoon in Vail, Colo., with noted hip specialist Dr.