5 On It: What do you expect from Cubs lefty Matthew Boyd's second start?
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I got five. It's time for five on it. Rahimi Harrison-Roney. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 104.3 The Score.
But first, there is breaking news. Breaking news on the score is sponsored by IDOT. Speeding in a work zone is a no-win. Mind the signs. Avoid the fines. The White Sox home opener for tomorrow has been postponed. The game will be played on Friday. out on the south side. Same time, 110, and that also means an adjustment for Rahimi Harris and Grody. We will still be at Wings and Rings, but not tomorrow as originally planned. We will be there on Friday at Wings and Rings on Halstead before the south side home opener. We'll be talking baseball and Wings and Rings on the south side. You've got still the free parking. And the back and forth shuttles will be there. Fans can expect to receive a free side with proof of Sox game day tickets.
But the bottom line here is no game for the White Sox tomorrow. It is to be played on Friday.
Number one. What do you need to see from Cubs lefty Matthew Boyd in his second start of the season?
I sure would like to see Matthew Boyd take advantage of the elements like both starting pitchers did last night in the Angels 2-0 and went over the Cubs. I don't know which way the wind is blowing. I guess we should figure that out before I say anything. The thing is about Matthew Boyd in his six runs over 3-2, which he did allow in the season opener and home opener, against Washington is that he did strike out seven, and that he was looking good for a minute in that before the roof caved in, and he did not look good, and it was not flukish. He was getting squared up, but I think there's a real opportunity for him to be good against a light-hitting Angels team, which, yeah, did beat the Cubs last night 2-0, so I'm
I'll be looking for more of the good stuff and the good strikeouts and the good swing and miss and a little less mistake pitch from Matthew Boyd. But I think he does have a really good chance here today against Yusei Kikuchi.
Hey, Alexa, play Control by Janet Jackson on a loop for Matthew Boyd. This guy. Because that's what he needs. He just needs better control. He's got good stuff, but if he's throwing it where hitters can, you know, I don't know, lock in, it's going to be more of the same from what we saw from start number one. Matthew Boyd has all the potential in the world because I've seen him as the stepdad, if you will, the father who stepped up. He's got to get back to that and get control of his house.
He does. I mean, it's sort of similar to, in some ways, Shota Imanaga from last year where he had this brilliant first half and then it started to get a little suspect as the season went on. So it's really vitally important that we see that from Matthew Boyd, albeit early in the season, but one of the reasons that we're all excited about the 2026 Cubs is because of a pretty trustworthy starting staff. Let's not let Matthew Boyd be the outlier and the guy that doesn't live up to what he did last year.
I mean, he didn't make it through the fourth inning. He gave up six earned, including a home run, but... More importantly, he didn't walk but one batter. He struck out seven.
It's all in there. It's the seven Ks that I am leaning on, that I am preferring to look at it optimistically, even though, as you said, the control and Janet Jackson. By the way, you set off everybody's Alexis. Nice going, Marshall.
My bad. Yeah. Or maybe not my bad. Maybe you need to listen to control. Sorry, not sorry. Yeah, I'm not sorry. Number two. Umpire CB Buckner is having a rough start to the 2026 season. On Tuesday, he said a runner didn't touch first base when that runner clearly did. Let's take a listen to how it played out on the Brewers TV call. Bowers. Oh, in and out of the glove of Williamson. Throws to first. It's wide. It's backed up by Fortes. That should be a base hit for Bowers. Never did make a move towards second base. So he's safe. Heck of an effort by Williamson at second. Runner did not touch first base and then was put out.
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