Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. David Hess stepped away from Major League Baseball in 2021 after doctors diagnosed him with cancer.
On Friday, the pitcher revealed his battle with the disease is not over. "The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind for us with this cancer journey that seems to never want to end," he posted to social media Friday.
Hess noted that he was diagnosed with a form of cancer known as angiosarcoma. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM David Hess of the Baltimore Orioles pitches during the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park July 29, 2019, in San Diego. (Denis Poroy/Getty Images) "We found out that inside my tumor was [a] very rare and very aggressive type of cancer called angiosarcoma.
Along with that discovery, lung nodules have popped up that we aren't sure what to make of yet." The 29-year-old said he will undergo surgery next week to biopsy the nodules.