Tanner Houck

He began 2019 with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs, and was promoted to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox on July 13. Overall during 2019, Houck was 8–6 with a 4.01 ERA and 107 strikeouts in ​107  ⁄3 innings. Following the 2019 regular season, Houck made six starts for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League.

He pitched for the United States national baseball team in the 2019 WBSC Premier 12 tournament in November 2019.

Houck was drafted by the Boston Red Sox with the 24th overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft. He signed on June 21, 2017, and was assigned to the Class A Short Season Lowell Spinners, where he spent the whole season, posting an 0–3 record with a 3.63 ERA in ​22  ⁄3 innings pitched. Houck spent the 2018 season with the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox where he pitched to a 7–11 record with a 4.24 ERA in 23 starts.

As a freshman at Missouri in 2015, Houck started 15 games, going 8–5 with a 3.49 earned run average (ERA) and 91 strikeouts and only 12 walks in ​100  ⁄3 innings. After the season, he played for the United States collegiate national team. Against Cuba, Houck, A. J. Puk and Ryan Hendrix combined to throw a no-hitter. As a sophomore, Houck started 15 games and was 5–6 with a 2.99 ERA and 106 strikeouts.

Houck attended Collinsville High School in Collinsville, Illinois. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 12th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and attended the University of Missouri to play college baseball.

Tanner Lee Houck (born June 29, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization of Major League Baseball (MLB). Houck was drafted by the Red Sox with the 24th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft. Listed at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and 210 pounds (95 kg), he throws and bats right-handed.