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Time of India
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
What Nic Enright's MLB debut with the Cleveland Guardians means after a cancer battle
Nic Enright's selection for the Cleveland Guardians isn't a typical rookie move because he battled Hodgkin lymphoma for more than three years. Not long after joining the Miami Marlins in December 2022, the 28-year-old learned he had cancer. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now He kept working for his baseball goals, even during the battle with cancer. During his debut against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday, Zack pitched two innings, did not allow a run, and struck out three batters, helping both the Cleveland Guardians and himself. From Virginia Tech to cancer diagnosis: Nic Enright's winding path to Major League Baseball Nic Enright began his baseball career after the Cleveland Guardians chose him in the 20th round of the 2019 amateur draft from Virginia Tech. It appeared he was making good progress in the minors until the Miami Marlins chose him in the Rule 5 draft last December. However, after noticing his neck was tightening, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma only weeks afterwards. In his 156 minor league games, including two starts, the former Hokie has a record of 17-11 and a 3.13 earned run average. It was clear that he was determined during treatment, as he came back to the Cleveland Guardians in 2023 and did not let cancer change the course of his career. Although he missed most of the Triple-A season with a shoulder strain, Enright had a great record of 2-1 and a 1.06 ERA in the games he did play. Cleveland Guardians honour legacy while Nic Enright continues cancer treatment By assigning number 59 to Nic Enright, the Cleveland Guardians pay tribute to Carlos Carrasco, who wore the same number for 12 seasons. Carrasco, who was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia in 2019, came back to play for Cleveland that year, bonding the two players by showing that cancer would not end their playing days. With Strikeout Cancer Weekend being held at the time of Nic Enright's debut, Vogt said it was 'something you couldn't plan.' Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The outfielder is still receiving immunotherapy, having done four rounds last season with four more set for after the current season. Many cancer survivors, including Boston Red Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks, who fought non-Hodgkin lymphoma, are now supporting him. Cleveland Guardians supporters can enjoy upcoming matches on Bally Sports Great Lakes and Fox Sports Ohio and locally at home on WTAM 1100 AM radio. The team starts another homestand on Friday when they host the Chicago White Sox at Progressive Field. Also Read: Nic Enright's start in Major League Baseball means more than statistics, giving hope to cancer patients everywhere and proving that dreams are still possible in the face of great difficulties. Although Shane Bieber has only pitched for the Cleveland Guardians for a short time, he has made an impact outside the game.
NBC Sports
27-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Nic Enright completes journey from cancer diagnosis to MLB debut with Cleveland Guardians
CLEVELAND — Nic Enright thought he would be caught up in the emotions of finally making it to the majors this past weekend. Compared to everything he has dealt with the past three years since being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, the 28-year-old Cleveland Guardians right-hander was able to take everything in stride. Enright threw two scoreless innings and struck out three for Cleveland on Sunday in a 5-0 loss to Detroit. He was called up on Saturday after Hunter Gaddis was placed on the bereavement list. 'I remember feeling calmer and much more at peace than I thought I would,' Enright said Monday before the Guardians' 7-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. 'After I finished warming up and when I jogged in, we stopped for a minute to play 'God Bless America.'' he added. 'I used that time to just kind of think of everything that had gone on these last couple of years, all the obstacles that I've been through, everything that I and my parents have overcome. And then when the song finished, I was like, 'All right, let's go play baseball.'' Enright received his cancer diagnosis in December 2022 after experiencing tightness in his neck. He was surprised about the diagnosis before going through some of the symptoms — such as getting itchy at night, experiencing night sweats and eczema on his elbow — and discovering he had all of them. Enright has been undergoing treatments before and after each season, including four rounds of immunotherapy at the end of last season. He will have four more rounds of immunotherapy at the end of this season. Cleveland selected Enright in the 20th round of the 2019 amateur draft out of Virginia Tech. The Miami Marlins took him in the Rule 5 draft two weeks before his cancer diagnosis in 2022. 'There were some dark days, and that's when I leaned on all those people around me,' he said. 'The biggest thing was not letting cancer control me and not letting it dictate how I was going to live my life.' Enright returned to the Guardians organization in 2023. He missed most of last season due to a right shoulder strain, but went 2-1 with a 1.06 ERA in 16 appearances with Triple-A Columbus. He missed the first three weeks of this season due to a lat muscle injury. When Enright returned, he allowed only two earned runs in nine innings with one save in nine appearances with Columbus. Enright made the majors after a 17-11 record and 3.13 ERA in 156 minor league games, including two starts. He is wearing No. 59 with Cleveland, the same number worn by Carlos Carrasco for 12 seasons. Carrasco was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 2019 and returned to pitch for Cleveland later that season. Coincidentally, Enright's big league debut came in Detroit when the Tigers were hosting Strikeout Cancer Weekend. 'You can't draw it up. It's just one of those cool things,' manager Stephen Vogt said. 'Just to see all that he's persevered through different organizations, coming back to Cleveland and getting to make his major league debut with the Guardians. It was a really special day for Nic and his family and really fortunate we were there to watch it.' Enright said he has received plenty of text messages the past couple days, but one of the more meaningful ones came from Boston's Liam Hendriks, who recently returned to the majors for the first time in two years after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and recovering from Tommy John surgery. Even though Enright has reached a couple of significant milestones, he doesn't want his story to end with what happened Sunday. 'I'm super happy with how yesterday went, but the goal isn't to just debut,' he said. 'The goal is to come up here, take the ball every time my name is called and do everything I can to help this team win games.'
27-05-2025
- Sport
Nic Enright completes journey from cancer diagnosis to MLB debut with Cleveland Guardians
CLEVELAND -- Nic Enright thought he would be caught up in the emotions of finally making it to the majors this past weekend. Compared to everything he has dealt with the past three years since being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, the 28-year-old Cleveland Guardians right-hander was able to take everything in stride. Enright threw two scoreless innings and struck out three for Cleveland on Sunday in a 5-0 loss to Detroit. He was called up on Saturday after Hunter Gaddis was placed on the bereavement list. 'I remember feeling calmer and much more at peace than I thought I would,' Enright said Monday before the Guardians' 7-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. 'After I finished warming up and when I jogged in, we stopped for a minute to play 'God Bless America.'' he added. "I used that time to just kind of think of everything that had gone on these last couple of years, all the obstacles that I've been through, everything that I and my parents have overcome. And then when the song finished, I was like, 'All right, let's go play baseball.'" Enright received his cancer diagnosis in December 2022 after experiencing tightness in his neck. He was surprised about the diagnosis before going through some of the symptoms — such as getting itchy at night, experiencing night sweats and eczema on his elbow — and discovering he had all of them. Enright has been undergoing treatments before and after each season, including four rounds of immunotherapy at the end of last season. He will have four more rounds of immunotherapy at the end of this season. Cleveland selected Enright in the 20th round of the 2019 amateur draft out of Virginia Tech. The Miami Marlins took him in the Rule 5 draft two weeks before his cancer diagnosis in 2022. 'There were some dark days, and that's when I leaned on all those people around me,' he said. 'The biggest thing was not letting cancer control me and not letting it dictate how I was going to live my life." Enright returned to the Guardians organization in 2023. He missed most of last season due to a right shoulder strain, but went 2-1 with a 1.06 ERA in 16 appearances with Triple-A Columbus. He missed the first three weeks of this season due to a lat muscle injury. When Enright returned, he allowed only two earned runs in nine innings with one save in nine appearances with Columbus. Enright made the majors after a 17-11 record and 3.13 ERA in 156 minor league games, including two starts. He is wearing No. 59 with Cleveland, the same number worn by Carlos Carrasco for 12 seasons. Carrasco was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 2019 and returned to pitch for Cleveland later that season. Coincidentally, Enright's big league debut came in Detroit when the Tigers were hosting Strikeout Cancer Weekend. 'You can't draw it up. It's just one of those cool things,' manager Stephen Vogt said. 'Just to see all that he's persevered through different organizations, coming back to Cleveland and getting to make his major league debut with the Guardians. It was a really special day for Nic and his family and really fortunate we were there to watch it.' Enright said he has received plenty of text messages the past couple days, but one of the more meaningful ones came from Boston's Liam Hendriks, who recently returned to the majors for the first time in two years after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and recovering from Tommy John surgery. Even though Enright has reached a couple of significant milestones, he doesn't want his story to end with what happened Sunday. 'I'm super happy with how yesterday went, but the goal isn't to just debut,' he said. 'The goal is to come up here, take the ball every time my name is called and do everything I can to help this team win games.'
Hamilton Spectator
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Nic Enright completes journey from cancer diagnosis to MLB debut with Cleveland Guardians
CLEVELAND (AP) — Nic Enright thought he would be caught up in the emotions of finally making it to the majors this past weekend. Compared to everything he has dealt with the past three years since being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, the 28-year-old Cleveland Guardians right-hander was able to take everything in stride. Enright threw two scoreless innings and struck out three for Cleveland on Sunday in a 5-0 loss to Detroit . He was called up on Saturday after Hunter Gaddis was placed on the bereavement list. 'I remember feeling calmer and much more at peace than I thought I would,' Enright said Monday before the Guardians' 7-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. 'After I finished warming up and when I jogged in, we stopped for a minute to play 'God Bless America.'' he added. 'I used that time to just kind of think of everything that had gone on these last couple of years, all the obstacles that I've been through, everything that I and my parents have overcome. And then when the song finished, I was like, 'All right, let's go play baseball.'' Enright received his cancer diagnosis in December 2022 after experiencing tightness in his neck. He was surprised about the diagnosis before going through some of the symptoms — such as getting itchy at night, experiencing night sweats and eczema on his elbow — and discovering he had all of them. Enright has been undergoing treatments before and after each season, including four rounds of immunotherapy at the end of last season. He will have four more rounds of immunotherapy at the end of this season. Cleveland selected Enright in the 20th round of the 2019 amateur draft out of Virginia Tech. The Miami Marlins took him in the Rule 5 draft two weeks before his cancer diagnosis in 2022. 'There were some dark days, and that's when I leaned on all those people around me,' he said. 'The biggest thing was not letting cancer control me and not letting it dictate how I was going to live my life.' Enright returned to the Guardians organization in 2023. He missed most of last season due to a right shoulder strain, but went 2-1 with a 1.06 ERA in 16 appearances with Triple-A Columbus. He missed the first three weeks of this season due to a lat muscle injury. When Enright returned, he allowed only two earned runs in nine innings with one save in nine appearances with Columbus. Enright made the majors after a 17-11 record and 3.13 ERA in 156 minor league games, including two starts. He is wearing No. 59 with Cleveland, the same number worn by Carlos Carrasco for 12 seasons. Carrasco was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 2019 and returned to pitch for Cleveland later that season. Coincidentally, Enright's big league debut came in Detroit when the Tigers were hosting Strikeout Cancer Weekend. 'You can't draw it up. It's just one of those cool things,' manager Stephen Vogt said. 'Just to see all that he's persevered through different organizations, coming back to Cleveland and getting to make his major league debut with the Guardians. It was a really special day for Nic and his family and really fortunate we were there to watch it.' Enright said he has received plenty of text messages the past couple days, but one of the more meaningful ones came from Boston's Liam Hendriks, who recently returned to the majors for the first time in two years after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and recovering from Tommy John surgery. Even though Enright has reached a couple of significant milestones, he doesn't want his story to end with what happened Sunday. 'I'm super happy with how yesterday went, but the goal isn't to just debut,' he said. 'The goal is to come up here, take the ball every time my name is called and do everything I can to help this team win games.' ___ AP MLB:
San Francisco Chronicle
27-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Nic Enright completes journey from cancer diagnosis to MLB debut with Cleveland Guardians
CLEVELAND (AP) — Nic Enright thought he would be caught up in the emotions of finally making it to the majors this past weekend. Compared to everything he has dealt with the past three years since being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, the 28-year-old Cleveland Guardians right-hander was able to take everything in stride. Enright threw two scoreless innings and struck out three for Cleveland on Sunday in a 5-0 loss to Detroit. He was called up on Saturday after Hunter Gaddis was placed on the bereavement list. 'I remember feeling calmer and much more at peace than I thought I would,' Enright said Monday before the Guardians' 7-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. 'After I finished warming up and when I jogged in, we stopped for a minute to play 'God Bless America.'' he added. "I used that time to just kind of think of everything that had gone on these last couple of years, all the obstacles that I've been through, everything that I and my parents have overcome. And then when the song finished, I was like, 'All right, let's go play baseball.'" Enright received his cancer diagnosis in December 2022 after experiencing tightness in his neck. He was surprised about the diagnosis before going through some of the symptoms — such as getting itchy at night, experiencing night sweats and eczema on his elbow — and discovering he had all of them. Enright has been undergoing treatments before and after each season, including four rounds of immunotherapy at the end of last season. He will have four more rounds of immunotherapy at the end of this season. Cleveland selected Enright in the 20th round of the 2019 amateur draft out of Virginia Tech. The Miami Marlins took him in the Rule 5 draft two weeks before his cancer diagnosis in 2022. 'There were some dark days, and that's when I leaned on all those people around me,' he said. 'The biggest thing was not letting cancer control me and not letting it dictate how I was going to live my life." Enright returned to the Guardians organization in 2023. He missed most of last season due to a right shoulder strain, but went 2-1 with a 1.06 ERA in 16 appearances with Triple-A Columbus. He missed the first three weeks of this season due to a lat muscle injury. When Enright returned, he allowed only two earned runs in nine innings with one save in nine appearances with Columbus. Enright made the majors after a 17-11 record and 3.13 ERA in 156 minor league games, including two starts. He is wearing No. 59 with Cleveland, the same number worn by Carlos Carrasco for 12 seasons. Carrasco was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 2019 and returned to pitch for Cleveland later that season. Coincidentally, Enright's big league debut came in Detroit when the Tigers were hosting Strikeout Cancer Weekend. 'You can't draw it up. It's just one of those cool things,' manager Stephen Vogt said. 'Just to see all that he's persevered through different organizations, coming back to Cleveland and getting to make his major league debut with the Guardians. It was a really special day for Nic and his family and really fortunate we were there to watch it.' Enright said he has received plenty of text messages the past couple days, but one of the more meaningful ones came from Boston's Liam Hendriks, who recently returned to the majors for the first time in two years after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and recovering from Tommy John surgery. Even though Enright has reached a couple of significant milestones, he doesn't want his story to end with what happened Sunday. 'I'm super happy with how yesterday went, but the goal isn't to just debut,' he said. 'The goal is to come up here, take the ball every time my name is called and do everything I can to help this team win games.' ___
