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Boston Red Sox Provide Injury Update on Tanner Houck After Scary Line Drive to Face

Boston Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck will have surgery on his face after getting hit by a line drive, but he is expected back this season, per manager Alex Cora.

Brady Farkas

Boston Red Sox Provide Injury Update on Tanner Houck After Scary Line Drive to Face
Boston Red Sox Provide Injury Update on Tanner Houck After Scary Line Drive to Face /
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Generally speaking, Boston Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck got a favorable health report on Tuesday.

Houck was hit by a line drive in the face on Friday night against the New York Yankees and was placed on the injured list on Sunday.

His manager Alex Cora told reporters on Tuesday that Houck is expected back this season.

Per Alex Speier of the Boston Globe on Twitter:

Tanner Houck will undergo surgery to put a plate in his cheek, but Alex Cora said Houck is definitely expected back this year. No known timetable for a return, however.

You certainly don't like to see someone hit in the face, and you don't like to hear about them needing surgery, but the fact that he's expected back at all is encouraging. 

Having to miss time is frustrating for Houck, who had finally earned his chance in the rotation after years of being shuttled between the majors and the minors or the rotation and the bullpen. Houck, Garrett Whitlock and Brayan Bello had formed a nice trio of young pitchers for the Sox moving forward. That development will now be put on hold.

This year, he's 3-6 with a 5.05 ERA. Lifetime, he's 12-15 with a 3.66 ERA.

The Red Sox are currently 38-35 and in last place in the American League East. They'll play the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night at Target Field as they look to win their sixth consecutive game.

The Red Sox send Kutter Crawford to the mound against Twins righty Bailey Ober.

First pitch is 7:40 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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