Matthew Boyd's 2020 season for the Detroit Tigers was a disaster. His 6.71 ERA was the worst since his rookie campaign six years ago and he paced the big leagues with 45 earned runs and 15 homers allowed.
Certainly, the 29-year-old's performance wasn't what the Tigers expected when they refused to trade him amid the best stretch of his career in 2019. Not to mention, a hamstring injury he dealt with through summer camp last July forced him to tweak his mechanics on the fly.
"Physically, it affected me in terms of being able to repeat my delivery," Boyd said Monday.