Cubs ace Kyle Hendricks’ health status over the winter could have an impact on the depth of free agent plans.
The Cubs say Hendricks continues to progress, feels “better” and that he remains on schedule for a potential on-time, healthy start to the spring. But they can’t count on a reliable timeline until he starts throwing. And capsular injuries can be tricky, even those that don't require surgery.
“I have all the confidence in the world that he’ll do everything he can to be the pitcher he has been for us since 2014,” he added, “but obviously there is a level of uncertainty with anyone that misses the second half of the season.” With Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester both exceeding 200 innings in 2015, Hendricks may not have been considered a workhorse during that first full season in the big leagues.Only 27 pitchers in the majors reached 180 innings in 2022 . Twelve teams — including the Cubs — didn’t have even one pitcher with 180.
Not to mention when it has counted most — such as the 2016 pennant clincher against Clayton Kershaw’s Dodgers and Game 7 of the World Series in Cleveland.Even with the latest decision to push back Hendricks’ throwing program, the Cubs say Hendricks’ health is progressing “about how we expected.” “There’s ways where you can just rebalance the shoulder,” he said, “where we work on the right things and kid of sync everything back up; that can clean that up too.”
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