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Injury ends Clemson pitcher's career

The Clemson Insider learned Thursday morning Clemson pitcher Jacob Hennessy suffered a season-ending arm injury and would not be able to play for the Tigers in 2020.

Since he can’t play, the senior has decided to stay on the team in 2020 as a student coach. He confirmed TCI’s report on Twitter shortly after.

According to our sources, Hennessy’s injury involves Tommy John surgery. On Twitter, the lefty indicated he is hanging up his baseball glove as a player.

A lefty, Hennessy was one of the team’s top pitchers out of the bullpen in 2017, then became the Friday starter in 2018.