{"id":709527,"date":"2026-04-06T21:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/709527\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:21:23","slug":"cubs-place-lefty-matthew-boyd-biceps-strain-on-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/709527\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs place lefty Matthew Boyd (biceps strain) on IL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/chc\/chicago-cubs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chicago Cubs<\/a> placed left-hander <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/34401\/matthew-boyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matthew Boyd<\/a> on the 15-day injured list because of a left biceps strain Monday in another hit to the team&#8217;s starting rotation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The move, made retroactive to April 3, comes a day after the Cubs placed right-hander <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4692526\/cade-horton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cade Horton<\/a> on the injured list because of a strained forearm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Cubs recalled right-hander Javier Assad from Triple-A Iowa on Monday, and he will start Tuesday night against the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/tb\/tampa-bay-rays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Boyd, who was a first-time All-Star last season, is 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA in two starts this season. After struggling on Opening Day against the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/wsh\/washington-nationals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, he rebounded in his second start last Wednesday against the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/laa\/los-angeles-angels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> when he struck out 10 batters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Boyd went 14-8 with a 3.21 ERA last season in 179 innings, his most innings pitched since 2019 (185 for the<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-tigers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Detroit Tigers<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Horton was sent back to Chicago for more tests after he felt discomfort throwing a pitch in his start Friday against the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/cle\/cleveland-guardians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Guardians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Cubs placed left-hander Matthew Boyd on the 15-day injured list because of a left biceps strain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":709528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[295585,35244,960,1271,5723,5386,1818,1266,50],"class_list":["post-709527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-295585","tag-boyd-matthew","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-espn","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-mlb","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116359863708053315","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}