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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Best of the Cubs: Matthew Boyd is easy to root for

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In the Best of the Cubs this week, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed how All-Star left-hander Matthew Boyd is easy to root for; Spiegel and Holmes pondered whether center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong's anger gets the best of him at times; Leila Rahimi and Marshall Harris discussed whether Royals right-hander Seth Lugo would be a good fit for the Cubs as they scour the trade market for rotation help; and Holmes shared his favorite rarely seen plays in baseball.

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Matt's been, he has. I think a breath of fresh air is a great way to put it. He's just got a very

0:06.3

positive kind of outlook on everything. And really in his career, he's been through a lot. I mean,

0:11.3

he's been injured a bunch. And I think, you know, our hope was when, like, he is, he is ready to be

0:20.1

healthy. And this is, this is the time he's going to be healthy.

0:22.5

And I think, um, I think that's got him in a, in a really good place and really happy to be here

0:28.3

and really kind of content and, um, with where he's kind of at in his career.

0:34.1

Um, but he's off to a great start.

0:36.4

Um, and, uh, you you know we're lucky to have him

0:38.7

he's pitching at a really high level right now

0:40.8

you know

0:44.0

Matthew Boyd who Craig Counsel was talking about right there

0:47.8

was in a dark place when he was hurt

0:50.8

and rehabbing on his own

0:52.7

and he's probably wondering, was it for this?

0:55.6

My life I saw it?

0:57.0

Maybe so and maybe not.

0:58.6

Maybe so and maybe not.

1:00.8

But he fought his way back, Lawrence.

1:03.0

He fought his way all the way back.

1:04.7

He got healthy on his own.

1:06.4

The Cubs took a flyer on him and signed him.

1:09.4

And it has worked out better than any of them could have dreamed.

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