One of the young Detroit Tigers pitchers who did not make it into the rotation early in the season was Matt Boyd.
But, as the season wore on and the “old guys” suffered, Boyd proved himself a valuable addition to the Tigers.
Boyd came to the Detroit Tigers when Dave Dombrowski sold off the lefty David Price to the Toronto Blue Jays at the Trade Deadline in 2015. Most fans and pundits focused on Daniel Norris, with Boyd quietly floating under the radar. But, Boyd made himself known and proved that the trade-one-lefty-for-two deal definitely went in the Tigers’ favor.