Ian Happ cracked a smile recently when asked about the pickoff move that Cubs lefty Matthew Boyd has used to nab unsuspecting runners at first base. “His pickoff move, it’s gross,” Happ said. “It looks exactly like a slide step.

When the 2025 season began, few would have predicted that the Chicago Cubs’ bullpen, once considered a glaring weakness, would become a stabilizing force. After struggling mightily through the first few weeks,

The Chicago Cubs have sprung to life in 2025, and now the second-place Brewers are chasing them in the standings, including head-to-head this week.

Matthew Boyd is too nice a guy to use his powerful pickoff move as it was truly intended. “The guy that taught me it, he used to joke, 'If you don't like someone, just hit him and pick him off,'

Matthew Boyd is a student of the game. He’s also one of the most positive, silver lining-focused guys in the Cubs’ clubhouse. Maybe that's because he has overcome obstacle after obstacle.

The Cubs had an okay week and remained solidly in first place in the NL Central.

WASHINGTON — When Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd jogged to the mound in the eighth inning Wednesday, it was the first time he’d done so in a start since 2021. It represented a new accomplishment in an already impressive season after returning from 2023 Tommy John surgery in August of last year.