Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck needs Tommy John surgery, but he is ready to attack the rehab and recovery and get back on the mound.

Red Sox starter Tanner Houck said he’s at peace with his decision to undergo Tommy John surgery.

Houck had non-surgical alternatives available, including platelet-rich plasma and stem-cell treatment, to try to fix his arm. But those would have merely been “delaying the inevitable,” he said.