Red Sox's Houck to undergo Tommy John surgery

Boston Red Sox right-hander Tanner Houck's effort to travel backmost this play is over, arsenic manager Alex Cora said Saturday that Houck volition acquisition Tommy John surgery.

An All-Star past season, the 29-year-old Houck went connected the injured database successful mid-May with a close flexor strain aft going 0-3 with an 8.04 ERA successful 9 starts. He had been moved to the 60-day IL connected Thursday.

"Tanner's going to person Tommy John surgery," Cora said earlier the Red Sox faced the Houston Astros astatine Fenway Park. "He went to spot Dr. [Keith] Meister determination successful Texas, and that was the recommendation. We don't person a day yet, but he's going to person it."

Houck had a beardown 2024 season, finishing seventh successful the American League with a 3.12 ERA successful 30 starts, but was capable to marque lone 5 rehab appearances aft going connected the injured list.

"Tough twelvemonth for him, pugnacious twelvemonth for us," Cora said of the season-ending news. "But he'll termination the rehab, he'll bash his job, and erstwhile helium comes back, he's going to beryllium OK."

Houck earned his archetypal All-Star quality by going 8-6 with a 2.54 ERA successful the archetypal half. He struggled aft the break, going 1-4 with a 4.23 ERA.

He worked an inning astatine the All-Star Game successful Texas past year, giving up 3 hits including a homer to Shohei Ohtani.

Houck is the 3rd Boston starting pitcher to endure a season-ending injury. Hunter Dobbins tore the ACL successful his close genu covering archetypal basal past month, and Kutter Crawford underwent close wrist surgery.

The Red Sox anticipation the pickup of right-hander Dustin May astatine the commercialized deadline from the Los Angeles Dodgers volition bolster the staff. He is expected to marque his archetypal commencement for the Red Sox connected Wednesday astatine Fenway.

"It was decidedly a thrust of emotions, up and down," said May, sitting successful the dugout Saturday, of being dealt to Boston. "Sad leaving due to the fact that I've been determination my full career, but very, precise excited to beryllium joining this organization."

May knew his days arsenic a starter with the Dodgers were apt coming to an extremity this play with a fewer starters expected to travel disconnected the injured list.

"I was benignant of pushed out," helium said. "We've got rather a fewer guys determination successful that organization. I couldn't beryllium much excited and thrilled to beryllium present and beryllium a portion of it."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.