Chicago — Matthew Boyd got to go to a big-league stadium right out of Double-A, just like Tigers pitching prospects Matt Manning and Beau Burrows enjoyed Tuesday and Wednesday.
But Boyd’s experience in 2015 was far more real. While Manning and Burrows were brought to Chicago to throw a bullpen session for pitching coach Rick Anderson and to get a small taste of big-league life, Boyd was brought up to pitch in actual big-league games for the Toronto Blue Jays.
“I was kind of dragged through the mud,” Boyd said.
He ended up pitching 6.