Tanner Houck’s tough 2025 season has formally reached its conclusion.
The Crimson Sox right-hander will endure Tommy John surgical procedure, supervisor Alex Cora introduced Saturday afternoon.
The process, which repairs the elbow’s ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) carries a restoration timetable of 12-18 months, which means Houck may miss all of subsequent season as properly.
This season has been a heartbreaking flip of occasions for the righty, who debuted in September 2020, and is now the group’s longest-tenured participant, following the Rafael Devers commerce in June.
Houck was a first-time All-Star final yr, and pitched to career-best marks in ERA (3.12), begins (30), innings pitched (178.2) and strikeouts (154).
Via simply 9 begins totaling 43.2 innings this season, Houck posted a 8.04 ERA with 32 strikeouts. It turned obvious early on that he was struggling. Final yr, he struck out 20.7% of batters, walked simply 6.5%, and allowed dwelling runs at a sterling 1.5% fee, almost half the league common (3.1%). This yr – although a smaller pattern dimension – the strikeout fee plummeted to fifteen.8%, he issued walks at an 8.4% clip, and the house runs skyrocketed to 4.9%.
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