Armstrong, Fox 32 sports columnist Rick Telander connects the dots on why this Chicago Cubs run feels different — and a little familiar.

He is Matthew Boyd. “Really, he’s the nicest player in the game," Detroit Tigers starter Casey Mize, Boyd’s former teammate, tells USA TODAY Sports. “Sometimes, too nice.

Celebrity podcaster Alex Cooper’s seventh-inning stretch performance Sunday led to loud booing and a debate over whether the ...

Two former Oregon State baseball players were selected as Major League Baseball All-Stars on Sunday and will play in the 2025 ...

Boyd was phenomenal in the playoffs, pitching to a 0.77 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP in 11.2 innings. The Cubs signed him to a two-year, $29 million contract with a mutual option for 2027.

The Cubs took a big gamble on the veteran free agent when they signed him to a 2-year, $29 million contract this past offseason. Boyd had just returned from 2023 Tommy John surgery and only ...

Matthew Boyd wasn’t signed to be the Cubs’ ace. But the free-agent acquisition has pitched like it in 2025, and it’s earned him a trip to the All-Star Game. The lefty starting pitcher was ...

The day remains a defining moment etched in Matthew Boyd’s baseball life and trajectory. As a Seattle-area native, the Chicago Cubs left-hander regularly went to Mariners games as a kid. Living ...

Boyd, who signed a free agent deal with the Cubs during the offseason, has an 8-3 record and a 2.65 ERA in 17 games started this season, striking out 87 batters in 98.2 innings of work.

Matthew Boyd pitched six innings of one-hit, one-run ball and Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking home run in the Chicago Cubs' 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.