Washed. Cooked. Over-the-hill. However you chose to describe Kyle Hendricks at the start of this season, you had plenty of justification to back it up. But just when folks were starting to think the Cubs were doing The Professor a solid by letting him reach 10 years of service time, thus activating his full MLB pension, things took a dramatic turn for the better.
Kyle Hendricks officially hits 10 years of service time and earns 10/5 rights today. Congrats to a player who has etched his name into Cubs history.
WS winner, Game 7 starter, 3rd in 2016 NL Cy Young, 94-74 record with a 3.