Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd keeps escaping balk calls, despite a pickoff move that has MLB announcers and fans crying foul.

Matthew Boyd leads Major League Baseball in pickoffs. To do so, he's pushing the limits of a legal move. The Chicago Cubs' ...

Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd’s pickoff move drew scrutiny from MASN announcers Kevin Brown and Ben McDonald, who questioned ...

Matthew Boyd picks off Jordan Westburg at first base, recording his eighth of the season and breaking the Cubs' single-season ...

If it walks like a balk, looks like a balk, and sure as hell moves like a balk, then it’s probably a balk. Unless you’re ...

Boyd came away with a no-decision in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Orioles, scattering four hits over seven scoreless innings. He struck out eight without walking a batter.

Walks are going to happen, but leadoff walks almost always lead to bad things. That’s what happened to the Cubs in the eighth ...

At 34 years old, Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd earned All-Star honors for the first time in his 11-year MLB career. Boyd did so by going 10-3 with a 2.34 ERA and 1.03 WHIP in 111 2/3 innings across 19 ...

Matthew Boyd gave a small pump of his fist and a quick pound of his glove as he started walking off the field in the fifth ...

“Somehow he’s just gotten better in this stretch,” Counsell said. “He’s just overwhelming hitters. It’s just a great pitch ...

There has only been one other Chicago Cubs pitcher in the last 125 years who has been on the kind of streak that Matthew Boyd ...

In 2024, the Cleveland Guardians gave rehabbing lefty Matthew Boyd more than a chance. They signed him to a one-year deal when he was still recovering from Tommy John surgery, betting on a return to ...