2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell

Tanner Houck didn’t look like the ace he was in 2024, struggling tremendously in every start he made in 2025 before eventually finding the root of his mechanical issues: a flexor tear that required Tommy John surgery.

The Good

I want to be diplomatic in that I cannot imagine the pain Tanner Houck must have been playing through in order for his season to end in a Tommy John surgery. However, to find any postive contributions the 29-year-old made to the team, you’d have to go back to 2024, when he looked like a bonafide option at the top of the rotation and enjoyed his first All-Star nod. Houck had 154 strikeouts across 178 innings, logging a 3.12 ERA, good for eleventh in MLB. Houck also keeps the ball in in the infield: his ground ball pe

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