Hendriks posted solid but unremarkable numbers as a low-leverage reliever for the A's from 2016-18 but returned from that outright in 2019 as an entirely different pitcher. He scrapped his sinker, leaned far more heavily into a four-seamer that had jumped by more than 1.5 mph in average velocity, and became a two-pitch powerhouse who flummoxed opponents with his four-seamer/slider combo.
The 2023 season brought about a sobering bit of disheartening news, as Hendriks announced last offseason that he'd been diagnosed wi
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