Liam Hendriks soaked all of it in.
The Chicago White Sox reliever walked the purple carpet, sat behind members of the Vegas Golden Knights and talked with comic Hasan Minhaj in the course of the All-Star break on the ESPYs in Los Angeles.
“I’ve watched most of his standup,” Hendriks mentioned within the Truist Park visiting clubhouse Friday. “That was cool being able to chat in between segments with him.”
He additionally shook Mike Tyson’s hand.
“He damn near broke it,” Hendriks mentioned.
Most of all, Hendriks was glad to get throughout his message whereas receiving the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance.
“Reach out to people,” Hendriks mentioned. “That was something that got conveyed pretty well.”
Hendriks mentioned his spouse, Kristi, wrote many of the speech.
“She’s a lot more eloquent than I can be, especially with writing things down,” Hendriks mentioned. “I have a tendency to only be very orate with it. I can learn, clearly, however I are inclined to get higher once I’m simply talking from the center slightly bit.
“It was a really cool experience. I’m happy to be a part of it. Getting a chance to go there, sit around, walk the red carpet, speak about things. Working with the V Foundation. And hopefully we can raise some awareness and funding for that and put it all toward cancer research so we can find a cure.”
Hendriks was honored for his return to the mound after battling stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
“All we can do is raise awareness and funding,” he mentioned. “My factor is I have a look at it from an individual who’s going by means of it standpoint, moderately than a medical aspect of it. The positivity that’s wanted. Having folks attain out.
“Knowing people are thinking about you when you are going through that, it’s a very lonely feeling when going through stuff like this. The more people who can reach out, a text message can brighten someone’s day, can really mean the difference.”
Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol caught the speech on video.
“He was excellent,” Grifol mentioned. “So happy he received that award. The right guy to get the award. A great experience for him.”
Hendriks made 5 appearances this season earlier than touchdown on the injured record with proper elbow irritation. Hendriks mentioned he’s “coming along.” He threw Friday and had a bullpen session Saturday.
“We’ll take it from there,” Hendriks mentioned. “There’s a semi-quasi schedule out there doing that. It’s taking it day by day, making sure it comes back, responds well, and we’ll go from there.”
He mentioned “there’s always progress.”
“At the end of the day, it just needs to be bearable and that’s all I’m looking for right now,” Hendriks mentioned. “It’s more the recovery that is what I need to figure out more than anything. The more I go along with it, the more in depth I get with the throwing program and then all that sort of stuff will sort of help.”
Rehab updates on Yoán Moncada and Garrett Crochet
Grifol mentioned Moncada “felt really good” after his first rehab sport with Triple-A Charlotte on Friday. The third baseman went 1-for-2 at Lehigh Valley.
“(It) started to rain (and) he came out of the game,” Grifol mentioned Saturday. “He was only going to play five innings. It rained in the fourth, we didn’t want to take any chances.”
Moncada is on the IL with decrease again irritation.
“It just depends how he continues to progress every day,” Grifol mentioned.
Crochet (left shoulder irritation) is scheduled to pitch Sunday for the Knights. The group’s first-round decide in 2020, Crochet has labored out of the bullpen with the Sox.
Asked how the group views his future — reliever or starter — Grifol mentioned: “We’ve seen him as a reliever, we talked about exploring him starting.”
“We’re not there yet,” Grifol mentioned. “We don’t have to make that decision yet because that’s not where he is in his rehab. But we have spoken about it. We’ll see when he does take the next step, what happens and see where we want to go.”
As far as making ready a pitcher to make a transfer to beginning whereas figuring out of the bullpen, Grifol mentioned: “Can you do that while he’s relieving? Sure he can, but is that the best way of doing it? Not sure.”
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