CHICAGO -- Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks thinks he may have been pitching with lymphoma most of last season after he discovered lumps in his neck and then hips last June.
Hendriks, 34, is cancer free now and ready to return to the big leagues after he completes a rehab assignment which begins this weekend for Triple-A Charlotte. He'll make four or five appearances before joining the big league club.
"As of now I have a clean bill of health," Hendriks said in a Wednesday press conference. "I'm currently in remission."
Diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in December, Hendriks immediately took the attitude that he was going to beat it and be back on the mound in short order.