Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd likely to have surgery after injuring left knee Wednesday at his home
The Cubs might be the hottest team in baseball — with seven straight wins overall and 13 in a row at Wrigley Field — but Wednesday turned sour before a game against the Reds with the news that another key pitcher, starter Matthew Boyd, is injured.
Boyd has a “meniscus issue” in his left knee and likely will need surgery, manager Craig Counsell said.
According to Counsell, the Cubs’ Opening Day starter got hurt in one of the more innocent, extremely unlucky ways imaginable: as he was “going down to the ground and getting back up” while playing with his kids at home.
“He woke up this morning a healthy player,” Counsell said. “But this is what happens. So he’s just trying to kind of process it and get all the information from the doctors and figure out what’s next.”
The 35-year-old lefty, who was an All-Star last season and the Cubs’ Game 1 starter in the wild-card series against the Padres, had an MRI on Wednesday and is bound for a “more than the minimum” stay on the injured list, Counsell said. Asked if it could be months before Boyd is able to return, Counsell said speculation would have to wait until “after the surgery,” certainly making it sound as though Boyd will go under the knife.
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