Chicago Cubs’ Matthew Boyd on track for rehab outing, while reliever Phil Maton is coming off a slow weekend
PHILADELPHIA — The Chicago Cubs expected left-hander Matthew Boyd would not miss much time with his biceps strain. That initial prognosis continues to trend in the right direction. Boyd threw a bullpen Sunday and is on track to make a rehab start with Triple-A Iowa later this week, manager Craig Counsell said Monday before the Cubs’ series opener against the Phillies.
If Boyd comes out of his ...
PHILADELPHIA — The Chicago Cubs expected left-hander Matthew Boyd would not miss much time with his biceps strain. That initial prognosis continues to trend in the right direction. Boyd threw a bullpen Sunday and is on track to make a rehab start with Triple-A Iowa later this week, manager Craig Counsell said Monday before the Cubs’ series opener against the Phillies.
If Boyd comes out of his rehab outing feeling good, the Cubs will activate him off the injured list next week to start him when the Phillies come to Wrigley Field. After opening the season at Iowa, right-hander Javier Assad slid into Boyd’s spot in the rotation and tossed 5 2/3 shutout innings of one-hit ball in his first big-league start of the season April 7 against the Rays. He got the ball Monday night at Citizens Bank Park to kick off the Cubs’ quick three-game road trip.
“Out of spring training we had to tell this to a number of guys and it just changes so fast, but if you have big expectations for your baseball team, it should be a hard team to make, and that was kind of the story with (Assad),” Counsell said. “The player should be disappointed, and it’s hard for the player, but that was the deal. … When you go down to Iowa, how do you handle it?