John Antonoff / For the Sun-Times
MESA, Ariz. – New Cub Matt Boyd and pitching coach Tommy Hottovy gestured back and forth, mimicking pieces of throwing motions before the veteran lefty’s bullpen session Wednesday.
Boyd threw twice off the mound and then turned back to Hottovy, picking up the conversation again.
“He’s going to be a lot of fun for me to work with because he likes to verbalize everything,” Hottovy said this week. “And so for me and [assistant pitching coach Casey Jacobson] right now, it’s a lot of getting to know him and how he thinks about things.