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Matthew Boyd
B/T L/L · 6' 3" · 223 lb · born Mercer Island, WA, USA · age 35 · draft 2013 rd 6 · played P 21 · MLB debut 2015-06-27
Last 14 days (through 2026-09-01): 2 G · 12.0 IP · 3.75 ERA · 8 SO · 1.08 WHIP
423 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Matthew Boyd, 35, is a left-handed pitcher from Mercer Island, WA — a 2013 sixth-round pick now with the Cubs. In his last 14 days in MLB, he has 5 strikeouts across 2 appearances, a quiet stretch for a man with 1,113 career strikeouts.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $14.5M
- Guaranteed
- $29.0M
- Term
- 2 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $14.5M | $15.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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The Bureau on Matthew Boyd
The scouting press, in their own words
The Chicago Cubs' starting trio of Kevin Gausman, Clay Holmes and Matthew Boyd yielded a 0.45 ERA in the 3-game series, allowing just 8 hits in 20 innings, but still lost 2 of 3 games to the Diamondbacks.
Umpire favor
-1.4 net runs over 15 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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