{"id":568335,"date":"2026-02-12T15:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/568335\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:20:15","slug":"former-red-sox-reliever-liam-hendriks-signs-with-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/568335\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Red Sox Reliever Liam Hendriks Signs With Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Boston Red Sox reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/liam-hendriks-contract-twins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Hendriks<\/a> will continue his comeback with the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ByRobertMurray\/status\/2021777805873467440\" rel=\"nofollow\">FanSided\u2019s Robert Murray<\/a> was the first to report on the right-hander\u2019s new contract. It\u2019s a minor-league deal with an invite to spring training, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Feinsand\/status\/2021780962112131499\" rel=\"nofollow\">MLB.com\u2019s Mark Feinsand notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHendriks recently threw for scouts in Florida and was impressive enough for Minnesota to take a flier,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/redsox\/2026\/02\/red-sox-free-agent-reliever-signs-minor-league-deal-with-twins-departs-after-two-injury-plagued-years.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masslive.com\u2019s Chris Cotillo<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>Hendriks joined the Red Sox before the 2024 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/liam-hendriks-red-sox-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signing a two-year, $10 million contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old missed the 2024 campaign and made his Boston debut last year, compiling 14 relief appearances. But he struggled, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hendrli01.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">going 0-2 with a 6.59 ERA<\/a>, giving up 10 earned runs in 13.2 innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>His comeback ended in September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/redsox\/2025\/09\/red-sox-reliever-has-elbow-surgery-ending-injury-plagued-two-year-boston-stint.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with elbow surgery<\/a>. And his Red Sox tenure ended in November when the club declined its $12 million option, instead deciding to pay him a $2 million buyout, according to Cotillo.<\/p>\n<p>Hendriks was a three-time All-Star before coming to Boston and twice had top-10 finishes in voting for the American League Cy Young Award.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 with the Chicago White Sox, he led the AL with a career-high 38 saves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The reliever\u2019s new deal brings him back to his MLB roots. Hendriks make his big-league debut in 2011 with the Twins. But he did so as a starting pitcher and it didn\u2019t go well, posting a 6.06 ERA in 30 games (28 starts).<\/p>\n<p>He bounced from the Twins to the Chicago Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles to the Toronto Blue Jays ahead of the 2014 season. Months later, the Blue Jays flipped Hendriks to the Kansas City Royals ahead of the 2014 MLB trade deadline. That\u2019s when his transition to the bullpen began.<\/p>\n<p>Hendrik\u2019s nomadic experience included a trade following the 2014 campaign, going back to the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>One year later, Toronto traded Hendriks to the A\u2019s, and that\u2019s when and where everything clicked for the right-hander. After five years in Oakland, Hendriks signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/liam-hendriks-white-sox-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three-year, $54 million contract <\/a>with the White Sox.<\/p>\n<p>The 14-year veteran brings 114 career saves to a Twins club which finished in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/standings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fourth place in the AL Central last season <\/a>with a record of 70-92, putting it 18 games behind the first-place Cleveland Guardians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Boston Red Sox reliever Liam Hendriks will continue his comeback with the Minnesota Twins. 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