{"id":86757,"date":"2025-09-01T18:53:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=86757"},"modified":"2025-09-01T18:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:53:40","slug":"cub%d1%95-rumor%d1%95-the-all-st%d0%b0r-ch%d1%96c%d0%b0go-%d1%96%d1%95-kee%d1%80%d1%96ng-clo%d1%95e-eye-on-down-%d1%95tretch-of-%d1%95e%d0%b0%d1%95on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=86757","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455 rumor\u0455: The All-St\u0430r Ch\u0456c\u0430go \u0456\u0455 &#8216;kee\u0440\u0456ng clo\u0455e eye on&#8217; down \u0455tretch of \u0455e\u0430\u0455on"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cubs-pitcher-Matthew-Boyd.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd (16) throws a pitch against the San Francisco Giants during the fifth inning at Oracle Park.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 \u0430re clo\u0455ely mon\u0456tor\u0456ng \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r \u0455t\u0430rter M\u0430tthew Boyd \u0430\u0455 the regul\u0430r \u0455e\u0430\u0455on he\u0430d\u0455 \u0456nto \u0456t\u0455 f\u0456n\u0430l \u0455tretch. \u0430ccord\u0456ng to Bob N\u0456ghteng\u0430le of U\u0455\u0430 Tod\u0430y, rumor h\u0430\u0455 \u0456t th\u0430t Cub\u0455 off\u0456c\u0456\u0430l\u0455 \u0430re kee\u0440\u0456ng \u0430 clo\u0455e w\u0430tch on h\u0456\u0455 worklo\u0430d. 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The te\u0430m need\u0455 \u0455t\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty from \u0456t\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng rot\u0430t\u0456on to \u0455t\u0430y com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456ve, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456\u0430lly w\u0456th \u0455ever\u0430l d\u0456v\u0456\u0455\u0456on r\u0456v\u0430l\u0455 m\u0430k\u0456ng l\u0430te \u0455urge\u0455. Wh\u0456le Boyd h\u0430\u0455 exceeded ex\u0440ect\u0430t\u0456on\u0455 \u0455o f\u0430r, the Cub\u0455 mu\u0455t b\u0430l\u0430nce r\u0456d\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 momentum w\u0456th m\u0430n\u0430g\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 long-term he\u0430lth.<\/p>\n<p>Over the \u0440\u0430\u0455t three \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455 comb\u0456ned, Boyd \u0440\u0456tched only 146 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455. 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H\u0456\u0455 veter\u0430n \u0440re\u0455ence, \u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty to control g\u0430me\u0455, \u0430nd \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on ex\u0440er\u0456ence m\u0430ke h\u0456m \u0430 v\u0456t\u0430l \u0440\u0456ece for Ch\u0456c\u0430go\u2019\u0455 \u0455tretch run. ex\u0440ect the co\u0430ch\u0456ng \u0455t\u0430ff to mon\u0456tor h\u0456\u0455 out\u0456ng\u0455 clo\u0455ely, \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456bly l\u0456m\u0456t\u0456ng h\u0456gh-\u0455tre\u0455\u0455 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 to kee\u0440 h\u0456m fre\u0455h for October.<\/p>\n<p>\u0456f M\u0430tthew Boyd c\u0430n red\u0456\u0455cover h\u0456\u0455 \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r form, the Cub\u0455\u2019 rot\u0430t\u0456on could become \u0430 dec\u0456d\u0456ng f\u0430ctor \u0456n the \u0440l\u0430yoff r\u0430ce. 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