Any hopes of Kyle Hendricks beginning one other recreation for the Chicago Cubs this 12 months formally ended Monday.
Hendricks was shut down for the remainder of the season due to a capsular tear in his proper shoulder, which lengthened the rehab course of and finally prevented a return in 2022. The damage stems from a power concern quite than occurring on one pitch.
Hendricks received’t want surgical procedure to repair the tear. He plans to go to the workforce’s advanced in Arizona within the subsequent week to start out a two- to four-week shoulder strengthening program earlier than build up on a throwing program. His purpose is to get a ball in his hand by the tip of the season.
“It’s very unfortunate, obviously,” Hendricks stated Monday. “You just want to pitch, that’s it. I just want to pitch all year, to be there for my guys every fifth day, to be that consistent competitor. But things get in the way, things happen, so I just have to approach the rehab the same way.”
Hendricks’ damage initially was deemed tendinitis when he went 12 days between begins in early June however didn’t go on the injured checklist. He obtained a cortisone shot and tried to pitch via it.
The discomfort popped up once more, nevertheless, throughout his July 5 begin in Milwaukee, prompting an exit after three innings. An MRI revealed a shoulder pressure with a four- to six-week timeline to return again.
After Hendricks remained symptomatic 5 weeks later, he underwent a second MRI and obtained a second opinion. That’s when the capsular tear appeared, which recalibrated his trip to 12 weeks.
“We just all decided it’d be best,” Hendricks stated of shutting down. “There’s really not the time to make up, not the time to get back. So take advantage of fully getting healthy and not trying to push through it at all — attack a full offseason program. That’s where my focus is now.”
A participant with Hendricks’ big-league credentials shouldn’t be resistant to the enterprise facet of the sport. The 2023 season is the ultimate assured 12 months of the four-year, $55.5 million extension he signed in March 2019. The Cubs maintain a workforce possibility for 2024.
Hendricks indicated that when the time comes, he’ll focus on his future with the entrance workplace. He’s a realist too. He is aware of he should pitch higher in 2023 to earn one other contract with the Cubs.
“I need to perform, I need to set myself up to even have those possibilities and those options to stay here,” Hendricks stated. “Those are the conversations we had from the highest down that for everybody, regardless of the place this workforce goes with their route, my worth must be at its highest subsequent 12 months for any route we’re going to take.
“I need to pitch to that level again. I need to produce and perform to be a part of this winning culture and the winning that’s going to be coming. I want to be a part of that. So I’m focusing on myself to do as much as I can to put myself in that position.”
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