Hendricks’ history highlights his consistency. Since the start of the 2015 season — Hendricks’ first full year in the majors — his 965 total innings pitched rank ninth-most in baseball. Notably, he is ahead of Chris Sale, Clayton Kershaw, Madison Bumgarner, Dallas Keuchel and Corey Kluber. Hendricks’ desire to throw the amount of innings near his career norms is an ambitious goal with the significant jump back to a full regular-season schedule. He adjusted the timing of his offseason program, taking only a few weeks off from throwing instead of a couple of months. Hendricks didn’t feel he needed as much rest coming off the shorter season.
Kyle Hendricks enters 2021 as the tone-setter for the Chicago Cubs rotation: ‘I feel really good’
