A Red Sox pitcher said he and his wife are receiving “disgusting and vile” death threats.Liam Hendriks, a cancer survivor who just came back from a long-term injury, returned to the pitchers mound last month. The reliever has pitched in 11 games this season, struggling with a worse-than-league-average ERA of 5.56.During Wednesday’s game against the New York Mets, he yielded three runs in just 2/3 of an inning.He said he and his wife have been the targets of death threats on social media. In an Instagram post, he wrote, “Threats against my life and my wife’s life are horrible and cruel.” He also called comments bringing up his cancer “disgusting and vile,” and said, “Enough is enough.”When Hendriks was with the Chicago White Sox, the right-hander missed part of 2023 with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and then needed Tommy John surgery after six appearances.The Red Sox signed him while he was recovering.
BOSTON —
A Red Sox pitcher said he and his wife are receiving “disgusting and vile” death threats.
Liam Hendriks, a cancer survivor who just came back from a long-term injury, returned to the pitchers mound last month. The reliever has pitched in 11 games this season, struggling with a worse-than-league-average ERA of 5.56.
During Wednesday’s game against the New York Mets, he yielded three runs in just 2/3 of an inning.
He said he and his wife have been the targets of death threats on social media.
In an Instagram post, he wrote, “Threats against my life and my wife’s life are horrible and cruel.” He also called comments bringing up his cancer “disgusting and vile,” and said, “Enough is enough.”
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When Hendriks was with the Chicago White Sox, the right-hander missed part of 2023 with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and then needed Tommy John surgery after six appearances.
The Red Sox signed him while he was recovering.