White Sox's Hendriks is placed on 15-day IL

Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks has been sidelined by elbow inflammation after he missed the start of the season while he recovered from non-hodgkin lymphoma.

Hendriks was placed on the 15-day injured list on Sunday.

“It’s unfortunate, especially how he got through what he got through,” manager Pedro Grifol said. “It impacts us as a club emotionally. It impacts our roster, but again, we got to continue to move forward and hopefully he can recover from this. That’s all we can do at this point.”

General manager Rick Hahn said Hendriks’ elbow discomfort is currently presenting in the same way as an issue the pitcher had last season, when he was placed on the IL on June 14 with a strained right forearm flexor and then reinstated on July 4.

Hendriks made his major league return from cancer when he pitched an inning against the Angels on May 29. The 34-year-old righthander is 2-0 with a save and a 5.40 ERA in five appearances this year.

Hendriks has 116 saves and a 3.82 ERA over 13 seasons with Minnesota, Toronto, Kansas City, Oakland and Chicago. He signed a $54 million, three-year deal with the White Sox in January 2021.

He was diagnosed with stage 4 non-hodgkin lymphoma and underwent immunotherapy and chemotherapy. He announced in April that he was in remission.

Blackmon sidelined

Colorado Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon has a fractured right hand and is expected to be sidelined for four to six weeks.

Blackmon fractured the fifth metacarpal when he was hit by a pitch by Kansas City’s Daniel Lynch leading off a game June 3. Blackmon remained in the game and started the next four before pinch hitting in Saturday’s loss to San Diego.

Blackmon is the longesttenured player on the Rockies roster. He made his major league debut on June 7, 2011, and was a fixture in Colorado’s lineup by 2013.