How This MLB Pitcher Praises the Lord Amid ALCS
By Movieguide® Contributor
In 2023, Matthew Boyd underwent Tommy John surgery to repair his pitching arm.
Months after his surgery, Boyd’s daughter, Meira, continued to ask when her dad would get back into the game her loved so much.
Boyd told her that when God instructed him where to go and what to do is when he would make his move.
“When God shows us who to sign with, we’ll do that,” Boyd described his response to Meira in an interview with WOIO.
Per Sports Spectrum, “Boyd made his MLB debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015 and was traded to the Tigers at the trade deadline that year. He stayed with Detroit until signing with the San Francisco Giants in 2022 as he recovered from a surgery to repair a flexor tendon. But he was traded to the Seattle Mariners before he could make an appearance for the Giants, posted a 1.35 ERA in 10 relief appearances for Seattle, then returned to the Tigers in 2023, but made only 15 starts before needing surgery again. Boyd became a free agent after the season ended.”
At the beginning of the 2024 MLB season, Boyd didn’t have a team, however the Guardians picked him up in June.
August 13 was Boyd’s first start in over a year in the MLB. Boyd “posted a 2-2 record with a 2.72 ERA in eight regular-season starts. Boyd took the mound in Game 2 of the AL Divisional Series and tossed 4.2 scoreless innings (with five strikeouts) in what was ultimately a 3-0 loss.”
Prior to Game 5 of the divisional round, Boyd told the media, “I don’t write the script, but the One who does writes it a lot better than me, as I’ve said many times. It’s pretty cool.”
Boyd’s faith in God is what has sustained him through multiple surgeries and trades to different teams.
“I trust God and know He has good things planned for me,” Boyd wrote in an issue of Sports Spectrum Magazine. “I know He’s got me and I’m His handiwork. Every time there have been these unknowns in my life, He has come through better than I could have imagined, and I know He’s going to do it again.”
After the game, he commended his teammates and coaches for their upstanding character.
“From the top down, it’s just high-character people,” Boyd said in the WOIO interview. “They care about the person, and that’s the sort of thing that just transcends the game, right? We’ve got guys who are willing to do anything to win a game, willing to get behind the guy next to them. That doesn’t always happen.”
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