They met in the off-season, during the Detroit Tigers’ winter caravan: A young pitcher and a future Hall of Fame pitcher.
Back in January, Matthew Boyd and Jack Morris talked pitching. They went to a Red Wings game. They kept talking about pitching. Those talks, Boyd said, helped set his attack plan for the 2018 season.
"The biggest thing, the theme around everything, was compete," Boyd said. "You go out there and you take the ball and you compete every single pitch. You don't get pushed around. You don't get disrespected. You go out there and you put your team in a position to win every single time.