DETROIT -- The call to Matthew Boyd came over the holidays while he was doing his workouts. It came from Chris Bosio, the new Tigers pitching coach, and he was introducing himself. Considering the video work Bosio had put in on Boyd, he already knew a lot about the lefty.
"He already had drills that I could work on in December that I implemented into my throwing program that really helped me out," Boyd recalled last week. "He really knew me in and out as a pitcher. He was paying really close attention to the things that I did throughout the season and the adjustments I made late in the year.