{"id":667246,"date":"2026-04-06T23:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667246\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:20:21","slug":"cubs-all-star-starter-matthew-boyd-joins-cade-horton-on-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667246\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs&#8217; All-Star starter Matthew Boyd joins Cade Horton on injured list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Yahoo Sports;\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img alt=\"Yahoo Sports\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"188\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a6ae9d30-d9ed-11eb-97f6-17d4afb119eb.png\"\/><\/a>Mon, April 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/33b364064b524d569f03e3368cc1f9e1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs placed starting pitcher Matthew Boyd on the 15-day injured list Monday with a biceps strain.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Craig Counsell told reporters that the injury is not significant and that the Cubs are hoping to get Boyd back for a series against the New York Mets that starts on April 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think we can put this behind him and not have to worry about it, instead of worrying about [the biceps] start to start,\u201d Counsell said, <a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/cubs\/2026\/04\/06\/cubs-put-opening-day-starter-matthew-boyd-on-15-day-injured-list-with-left-bicep-strain?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-Suntimes&amp;mrfcid=2026040669d423dd28ced42f2cad9dd2\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:per the Chicago Sun-Times;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">per the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd joins fellow starter Cade Horton on the injured list. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/breaking-news\/article\/cubs-starter-cade-horton-leaves-after-1-inning-vs-guardians-with-forearm-discomfort-211557468.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Horton left his second start of the season early;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" target=\"_blank\">Horton left his second start of the season early<\/a> on Friday with forearm discomfort. The Cubs placed him on the injured list Sunday and announced that he was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/cubs-cade-horton-placed-15-163905693.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:scheduled to undergo further testing on his injured arm;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" target=\"_blank\">scheduled to undergo further testing on his injured arm<\/a>. His outlook is less clear than Boyd\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Horton, 24, posted a 2.67 ERA and 1.085 WHIP with 97 strikeouts and 33 walks in 118 innings last season and finished second in Rookie of the Year voting. Boyd, 35, posted a 3.21 ERA and 1.091 WHIP with 154 strikeouts in 179 2\/3 innings last season and made his first career All-Star team. Both are integral to Chicago\u2019s rotation.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear when Boyd injured his biceps, but he struggled through his first two starts with a 6.75 ERA and 1.179 WHIP. Boyd pitched for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic in March, <a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usabaseball.com\/player\/matthew-boyd\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:throwing 2 1\/3 innings while allowing two home runs and three earned runs;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">throwing 2 1\/3 innings while allowing two home runs and three earned runs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs are certainly hoping he can get back on track after some time off to address the injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, April 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC The Chicago Cubs placed starting pitcher Matthew Boyd on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,735,138,24,4245,576,161,2540,2000,4,61,4271],"class_list":{"0":"post-667246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cade-horton","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-cubs","12":"tag-chicagocubs","13":"tag-craig-counsell","14":"tag-cubs","15":"tag-injured-list","16":"tag-matthew-boyd","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-new-york-mets","19":"tag-the-cubs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116360330622172072","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}