Matthew Boyd

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 223lb (190cm, 101kg)

Team: Chicago Cubs (majors)

Born: February 2, 1991 in Mercer Island, WA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 13th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR) and the Toronto Blue Jays in the 6th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR).

High School: Eastside Catholic HS (Sammamish, WA)

School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 2 yrs/$29M (25-26) & 27 mutual option

Service Time (01/2026): 9.057 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Matthew Robert Boyd

Nicknames: Matty B

Instagram: @matt_boyd48

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

-0.3

12.2

ERA

5.08

4.59

220

206

33.2

1121.2

1082

WHIP

1.396

1.280

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2011	20		Oregon State	P10	NCAA					1.57	2.35		0			0		46.0	42	12	8		11		35					1.152	8.2		2.2	6.8	3.18
2011	20	-0.1	Orleans	CCBL	Smr		0	0		1.71	2.14	8	2	2	0	0	0	21.0	16	5	4	1	8	0	15	1	2	1	83	1.143	6.9	0.4	3.4	6.4	1.88
2012	21	0.8	Oregon State	P12	NCAA		4	0	1.000	3.41	4.38	31	0			0	3	37.0	33	18	14	3	13	2	31	3	0	1	158	1.243	8.0	0.7	3.2	7.5	2.38
2012	21	0.9	Orleans	CCBL	Smr		2	1	.667	4.33	4.67	11	3	0	0	0	0	27.0	23	14	13	2	7	0	39	1	0	2	109	1.111	7.7	0.7	2.3	13.0	5.57
2013	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	TOR	0	3	.000	2.63	2.63	8	5	1	0	0	0	24.0	14	7	7	2	4	0	23	0	0	1	88	0.750	5.3	0.8	1.5	8.6	5.75
2013	22	1.6	Oregon State	P12	NCAA		11	4	.733	2.04	2.24	20	18			3	1	132.2	92	33	30	5	33	1	122	9	0	2	524	0.942	6.2	0.3	2.2	8.3	3.70
2013	22	-1.2	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	0	2	.000	5.40	5.40	3	2	1	0	0	0	10.0	7	6	6	2	3	0	11	0	0	0	37	1.000	6.3	1.8	2.7	9.9	3.67
2013	22	0.2	Lansing	MIDW	A	TOR	0	1	.000	0.64	0.64	5	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	12	0	0	1	51	0.571	4.5	0.0	0.6	7.7	12.00
2014	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	TOR	6	7	.462	3.17	3.58	26	26	0	1	0	0	133.1	120	53	47	9	33	0	147	7	1	6	554	1.148	8.1	0.6	2.2	9.9	4.45
2014	23	-1.6	New Hampshire	EL	AA	TOR	1	4	.200	6.96	6.96	10	10	0	0	0	0	42.2	55	33	33	5	13	0	44	3	0	3	197	1.594	11.6	1.1	2.7	9.3	3.38
2014	23	-0.2	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	5	3	.625	1.39	1.99	16	16	0	1	0	0	90.2	65	20	14	4	20	0	103	4	1	3	357	0.938	6.5	0.4	2.0	10.2	5.15
2015	24		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	TOR	9	2	.818	1.65	1.88	19	19	0	0	0	0	114.2	71	24	21	8	27	0	108	2	1	4	435	0.855	5.6	0.6	2.1	8.5	4.00
2015	24		2 Teams	AL	Maj	DET-TOR	1	6	.143	7.53	7.85	13	12	0	0	0	0	57.1	71	50	48	17	20	0	43	1	0	4	252	1.587	11.1	2.7	3.1	6.8	2.15
2015	24	-3.0	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	3	1	.750	2.77	3.00	6	6	0	0	0	0	39.0	32	13	12	5	6	0	37	1	0	2	153	0.974	7.4	1.2	1.4	8.5	6.17
2015	24	-3.0	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	9	1.500	0.0	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
2015	24	-0.6	New Hampshire	EL	AA	TOR	6	1	.857	1.10	1.34	12	12	0	0	0	0	73.2	39	11	9	3	18	0	70	1	1	2	273	0.774	4.8	0.4	2.2	8.6	3.89
2015	24	-4.3	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	2	.000	14.85	14.85	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	15	11	11	5	1	0	7	0	0	2	36	2.400	20.3	6.8	1.4	9.5	7.00
2015	24	-4.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	4	.200	6.57	6.93	11	10	0	0	0	0	50.2	56	39	37	12	19	0	36	1	0	2	216	1.480	9.9	2.1	3.4	6.4	1.89
2016	25	-1.7	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	2	5	.286	2.25	2.81	11	11	0	0	0	0	64.0	53	20	16	5	18	1	57	2	0	0	259	1.109	7.5	0.7	2.5	8.0	3.17
2016	25	-3.6	DET	AL	Maj	DET	6	5	.545	4.53	4.72	20	18	1	0	0	0	97.1	97	51	49	17	29	0	82	4	0	1	412	1.295	9.0	1.6	2.7	7.6	2.83
2017	26	-0.4	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	3	3	.500	2.82	2.82	8	8	0	1	0	0	51.0	35	16	16	7	13	0	53	1	0	1	199	0.941	6.2	1.2	2.3	9.4	4.08
2017	26	-2.6	DET	AL	Maj	DET	6	11	.353	5.27	5.60	26	25	0	1	1	0	135.0	157	84	79	18	53	3	110	3	0	2	605	1.556	10.5	1.2	3.5	7.3	2.08
2018	27	-1.6	DET	AL	Maj	DET	9	13	.409	4.39	4.60	31	31	0	0	0	0	170.1	146	87	83	27	51	0	159	11	2	6	709	1.157	7.7	1.4	2.7	8.4	3.12
2019	28	-0.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	9	12	.429	4.56	4.90	32	32	0	0	0	0	185.1	178	101	94	39	50	1	238	8	4	6	788	1.230	8.6	1.9	2.4	11.6	4.76
2020	29	0.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	7	.300	6.71	6.86	12	12	0	1	0	0	60.1	67	46	45	15	22	0	60	5	0	5	271	1.475	10.0	2.2	3.3	9.0	2.73
2021	30	3.0	Toledo	AAAE	AAA	DET	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.1	5	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	31	0.536	4.8	0.0	0.0	10.6
2021	30	1.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	8	.273	3.89	4.23	15	15	0	0	0	0	78.2	77	37	34	9	23	0	67	7	0	4	337	1.271	8.8	1.0	2.6	7.7	2.91
2022	31	3.8	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	1	.500	2.25	2.25	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	14	1	1	0	29	0.500	4.5	1.1	0.0	15.8
2022	31	2.6	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	2	0	1.000	1.35	1.35	10	0	1	0	0	0	13.1	5	2	2	0	8	3	13	1	0	0	53	0.975	3.4	0.0	5.4	8.8	1.63
2023	32	3.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	5	5	.500	5.45	5.83	15	15	0	0	0	0	71.0	69	46	43	11	25	0	73	2	0	2	303	1.324	8.7	1.4	3.2	9.3	2.92
2024	33		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-Rk	CLE	1	0	1.000	0.83	1.66	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.2	12	4	2	0	2	0	27	0	0	0	77	0.646	5.0	0.0	0.8	11.2	13.50
2024	33	6.0	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	0	0		0.93	1.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	3	2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	32	0.310	2.8	0.0	0.0	11.2
2024	33	8.5	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	1	0	1.000	1.00	1.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	32	0.778	6.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	8.00
2024	33	11.9	Guardians	ACL	Rk	CLE	0	0		0.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	13	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	21.0	7.00
2024	33	4.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	2	.500	2.72	3.63	8	8	0	0	0	0	39.2	32	16	12	4	13	0	46	2	1	0	166	1.134	7.3	0.9	2.9	10.4	3.54
2025	34	4.9	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	14	8	.636	3.21	3.46	31	31	0	0	0	0	179.2	154	69	64	19	42	0	154	9	0	2	718	1.091	7.7	1.0	2.1	7.7	3.67
2026	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	CHC	1	1	.500	5.40	5.94	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.2	17	11	10	3	3	0	20	0	0	0	69	1.200	9.2	1.6	1.6	10.8	6.67
2026	35	7.7	Iowa	IL	AAA	CHC	1	1	.500	7.11	7.82	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	15	11	10	3	3	0	13	0	0	0	55	1.421	10.7	2.1	2.1	9.2	4.33
2026	35	12.1	South Bend	MIDW	A+	CHC	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	14	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	15.8
2026	35	5.7	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	3	1	.750	5.08	5.35	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.2	37	20	19	4	10	0	37	1	0	0	145	1.396	9.9	1.1	2.7	9.9	3.70
2026	35	6.3	United States	WBC	WBC		0	0		11.57	11.57	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	3	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	13	2.143	19.3	7.7	0.0	11.6
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		63	78	.447	4.59	4.89	220	206	2	2	1	0	1121.2	1090	609	572	180	346	7	1082	54	7	32	4759	1.280	8.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	3.13
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		23	22	.511	2.46	2.79	90	81	2	2	0	0	442.2	331	137	121	35	100	1	460	13	3	12	1741	0.974	6.7	0.7	2.0	9.4	4.60
College (3 seasons)					College		15	4		2.17	2.63	51	18			3	4	215.2	167	63	52	8	57	3	188	12	0	3	682	1.039	7.0		2.4	7.8	3.30
Other (3 seasons)					Other		2	1	.667	3.58	3.93	20	5	2	0	0	0	50.1	44	22	20	5	15	0	57	3	2	3	205	1.172	7.9	0.9	2.7	10.2	3.80
All Levels (16 Seasons)							103	105		3.76	4.09	381	310	6	4	4	4	1830.1	1632	831	765	228	518	11	1787	82	12	50	7387	1.175	8.0		2.5	8.8	3.45

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		10	11	.476	2.62	2.94	40	34	1	1	0	0	195.2	147	64	57	21	43	1	198	5	1	3	767	0.971	6.8	1.0	2.0	9.1	4.60
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		8	5	.615	3.09	3.23	24	24	0	0	0	0	125.1	100	45	43	8	32	0	122	4	1	5	502	1.053	7.2	0.6	2.3	8.8	3.81
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		5	5	.500	1.72	2.24	20	19	1	1	0	0	104.2	74	26	20	6	23	0	121	4	1	3	408	0.927	6.4	0.5	2.0	10.4	5.26
A (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	0.64	0.64	5	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	12	0	0	1	51	0.571	4.5	0.0	0.6	7.7	12.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	13	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	21.0	7.00
Smr (2 seasons)					Other		2	1	.667	3.19	3.56	19	5	2	0	0	0	48.0	39	19	17	3	15	0	54	2	2	3	192	1.125	7.3	0.6	2.8	10.1	3.60
WBC (1 season)					Other		0	0		11.57	11.57	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	3	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	13	2.143	19.3	7.7	0.0	11.6