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Liam Hendriks could find himself traded from the White Sox

There isn’t a more heartwarming story in all of sports in 2023 than Liam Hendriks‘ triumphant return from defeating cancer this year. Even with how heartwarming and incredible that story is, you have to remember that baseball is a business to the GMs of the game. Thus, with Liam Hendriks having the remainder of this season and next season under team control, he could be dealt to a bullpen lacking contender.

This season, Hendriks hasn’t completely gotten his feet underneath him. He’s only registered five innings after his return to the team before landing on the IL with an elbow injury. The first step in a Hendriks trade will be the former All-Star getting healthy and showing potential suitors that he is still as talented as ever. Hendriks has spent the last four seasons either as an All-Star or receiving Cy Young votes.

Bullpen help is crucial to every team that is acquiring at the trade deadline. Most contending teams already have a decent closer, but that doesn’t mean they can’t acquire Hendriks and shift him or the rest of the bullpen around to fit better. The Los Angeles Dodgers are in dire need of a lockdown bullpen arm and they are no strangers to acquiring multiple pitchers with the “closer” title attached.