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Minnesota has parted ways with veteran relief pitcher Liam Hendriks, cutting the three-time All-Star on Friday after his spring training audition.<\/p>

The 37-year-old right-hander from Australia had been invited to spring training on a non-roster basis, where he pitched six innings across six relief outings, giving up two earned runs while recording four strikeouts and issuing three walks.<\/p>

During the previous season, Hendriks struggled in his time with Boston, posting an 0-2 record and 6.59 earned run average over 14 bullpen appearances for the Red Sox.<\/p>

The veteran reliever earned All-Star honors three times during his American League career in 2019, 2021, and 2022, and topped the league with 38 saves while playing for Chicago in 2021.<\/p>

Health challenges have significantly impacted Hendriks’ recent career, as he sat out portions of the 2023 campaign while battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and missed the entirety of 2024 due to Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery.<\/p>

Throughout his major league career spanning 490 games with 44 starts, Hendriks has compiled a 33-36 record with 116 saves and a 3.88 earned run average while suiting up for Minnesota (2011-13), Kansas City (2014), Toronto (2014-15), Oakland (2016-20), Chicago (2021-23), and Boston.<\/p>

Minnesota begins their 2026 regular season schedule next Thursday with a road game against Baltimore.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota Twins have parted ways with three-time All-Star relief pitcher Liam Hendriks following his spring training tryout. The 37-year-old Australian veteran has battled both cancer and elbow surgery in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":40208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774037149988.jpg?fit=300%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-asx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21665,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/minnesota-twins-star-pitcher-faces-potential-season-ending-surgery\/","url_meta":{"origin":40209,"position":0},"title":"Minnesota Twins Star Pitcher Faces Potential Season-Ending Surgery","author":"Admin","date":"February 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Minnesota Twins pitcher Pablo Lopez suffered a significant tear in his pitching elbow and may need Tommy John surgery. 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