The Guardians have signed veteran left-handed pitcher Matthew Boyd as he returns from Tommy John surgery in hopes of shoring up a starting rotation that has been in the bottom three teams in MLB in 2024.
Ironically, right before Boyd hurt his elbow and got Tommy John, he put up two excellent starts against the Royals and Twins, respectively.
Above, you can see the vision for Boyd. Operating from a three-quarter’s arm slot, when he is on, his stuff has good horizontal movement and average vertical movement. He keeps hitters off-balance with a 91-94 mph four-seam fastball (thrown about 39% of the time), a 90 mph sinker (thrown 7% of the time), an excellent gyro slider (28.