BOSTON — Veteran Red Sox reliever Liam Hendriks, who’s been out since May 24 with right hip inflammation, suffered a setback with the injury on Monday and on Tuesday was transferred to the 60-day IL.
“It grabbed him again,” said Alex Cora. “They’re actually going to talk today to see where we’re at and probably get a second opinion. But it wasn’t good (Monday). He said the harder he pushed, the (more) he felt it.
“I don’t want to say we’re back at square one, but we’ll talk and seek other opinions and then see what happens.”
Hendriks had appeared in 14 games, pitching 13.2 innings, with an 0-2 record and 6.59 ERA.
Hendriks, who was signed by the Red Sox in February of 2024 as he rehabbed from Tommy John surgery, made his return to the mound on April 20.
But as he built up arm strength and attempted to come back from pitching just five innings since the end of the 2022 season, Hendriks never regained his customary effectiveness.
He also dealt with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma late in 2022, which sidelined him for much of the 2023 season. When he finally returned to the mound, he pitched just five innings before suffering a torn UCL, requiring Tommy John surgery.
In spring training, he was viewed as a candidate to close or pitch in high leverage spots, though the arrival of elbow inflammation toward the end of the spring sidelined him for the first few weeks of the season.
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