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Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd’s All-Star Game locker last week in Atlanta sat between those of Clayton Kershaw and Chris Sale ...
New Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd recalled how the late Ryne Sandberg made him immediately feel welcome in Chicago.
Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd will not participate in Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game, and his replacement ruffled some feathers online.
After the Cubs wrap up the series Sunday, Boyd and his family will head to Atlanta. He won’t be active for the All-Star Game on Tuesday, but he plans to participate in the other festivities.
Matthew Boyd, a first-time All-Star this year, won’t be pitching in the Midsummer Classic Tuesday. Fortunately for the Cubs, Boyd put together a classic outing in his Saturday start against the ...
The Red Sox plucked Narváez from the Yankees last December in exchange for lefty pitcher Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz. While Rodriguez-Cruz has a 2.26 ERA in 15 appearances at the High-A level and may impact ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Matthew Boyd struck out nine in five innings hours after being named to his first All-Star team, helping the Chicago Cubs rout the St. Louis Cardinals 11-0 on Sunday night.
Nearly a quarter-century later, Boyd is an All-Star. As the roster selection date approached, the Chicago Cubs pitcher downplayed his prospects. Of course he did.
CHICAGO — It wasn’t long ago that putting the Cubs on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” meant a national audience got to witness the team’s dysfunction. Over the last half-decade, the ...
In the summer of 2001, Matthew Boyd’s father surprised him with tickets to the All-Star festivities in Seattle, a dream occasion for a 10-year-old residing in Washington state. They watched Luis ...
Being named an All-Star is a fantastic accomplishment for Boyd, who’s now in his 11th season, but it was far from guaranteed. Even a little over a year ago, his career was at a crossroads.