US EditionChicago Cubs Name Matthew Boyd — Back with the Team After WBC Pool Play — Their Opening-Day Starter
Boyd, the Cubs' top pitcher last season with a 3.21 ERA, resumed spring training early to prepare for Opening Day after limited innings in World Baseball Classic play.
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Chicago Cubs name Matthew Boyd — back with the team after WBC pool play — their opening-day starter
This will be Matthew Boyd's third career opening-day start after receiving the honor with the Detroit Tigers in 2020 and 2021, but the environment will be much different.
Matthew Boyd Picked the Chicago Cubs Over Team USA
The Chicago Cubs announced that veteran left-hander Matthew Boyd will be the team’s Opening Day starter against the Washington Nationals on March 26, at Wrigley Field. Boyd, who was named to his first All-Star Game in 2025, was pitching for Team USA in this year’s World Baseball Classic and it kind of seems like the main reason Boyd is the Cubs’ Opening Day starter is because the Cubs gave him the option to pick what he wanted more. A lot of Cub…
CHGO Cubs Related: Matthew Boyd Gets Opening Day Start! What It Means For The Roster!
Subscribe to our NEW CHGO Cubs YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@CHGO_Cubs On Thursday’s CHGO Cubs Related, Corey Freedman and Brendan Miller break down Craig Counsell naming Matthew Boyd as the Chicago Cubs’ 2026 Opening Day starter. What does Boyd getting the ball on Opening Day mean for the Cubs’ starting rotation and final roster decisions heading into the season? The guys also discuss how injuries to Jordan Wicks and Porter Hodge co…
Opening Day nod a culmination of long journey for Boyd
MESA, Ariz. -- As Matthew Boyd walked across an agility field at the Cubs’ complex on Thursday morning, he stopped briefly to chat with fellow pitchers Justin Steele and Cade Horton. Steele was Chicago’s Opening Day starter two years ago. Horton might very well have such assignments coming in the
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