Australian Main League Baseball star Liam Hendriks identified with most cancers

Australian athlete Liam Hendriks, who performs in Main League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox, will start quick remedy after being identified with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Hendriks introduced on Instagram he had been identified in current days.

The three-time All-Star, who was born in Perth, is scheduled to start remedy on Tuesday AEDT.

“Listening to the phrase ‘most cancers’ got here as a shock to my spouse and I, because it does to tens of millions of households annually,” Hendriks wrote on Instagram.

“Nevertheless, I’m resolved to embrace the struggle and overcome this new problem with the identical willpower I’ve used when going through different obstacles in my life.”

Hendriks mentioned he was “assured” he would “make a full restoration and be again on the mound as quickly as potential”.

“I do know with the help of my spouse, my household, my teammates and the Chicago White Sox organisation, together with the remedy and care from my docs, I’ll get by means of this,” he wrote.

Hendriks made his third All-Star workforce final season on the again of 37 saves.

He led the American League with a career-high 38 saves in 2021, after leaving Oakland Athletics to signal a $78 million, three-year contract with the White Sox.

Hendriks has 115 saves and a 3.81 ERA over 12 seasons with Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays Kansas Metropolis Royals, Oakland and Chicago.

AAP