Cubs (Boyd) vs Diamondbacks (Rodriguez, E.): 3/30/25, 3:10pm

[Brandon Glick]

Matthew Boyd is making his Cubs debut today. Can the Cubs get back to .500 on the season under him?

 

[CubinNY]

Better question: What inning will his arm detach?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

For April I'm mostly hoping to keep their head above water, so from a series perspective this is house money since they've secured the split.  But these next 4 games are as nice an opportunity as they'll get to bank some more wins and potentially let them get a few games over .500 after the homestand.  Hopefully Boyd looks sharp, we should see Kelly in a good matchup and a lefty might help get Seiya going.  Maybe Turner starts too to get him some first series reps?

[Bertz]

I feel good about this matchup.  I feel good about Boyd generally, and the Dbacks presumably be sitting Moreno helps him out further. 

On offense, Rodriguez was a mess last year and this spring his velo was still down.  So while the Cubs had trouble with lefties last year I'm still hoping this is a good game from the offense.

[Derwood]

1 hour ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

For April I'm mostly hoping to keep their head above water, so from a series perspective this is house money since they've secured the split.  But these next 4 games are as nice an opportunity as they'll get to bank some more wins and potentially let them get a few games over .500 after the homestand.  Hopefully Boyd looks sharp, we should see Kelly in a good matchup and a lefty might help get Seiya going.  Maybe Turner starts too to get him some first series reps?

I forgot Turner was on this team

[Derwood]

Chicago Cubs Lineup:

1. Ian Happ, LF
2. Seiya Suzuki, DH
3. Kyle Tucker, RF
4. Justin Turner, 1B
5. Dansby Swanson, SS
6. Nico Hoerner, 2B
7. Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF
8. Matt Shaw, 3B
9. Miguel Amaya, C

[CUBDOM4life]

Looking forward to watching Boyd today. 

[Hot Sauce]

Turner going 2/4 with a couple RBI today. 

[imb]

8 minutes ago, CUBDOM4life said:

Looking forward to watching Boyd today. 

i want him to be good real bad

[UMFan83]

Can’t believe after this game the Cubs will be flying to Sacramento. So weird

[Derwood]

19 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Can’t believe after this game the Cubs will be flying to Sacramento. So weird

if the A's aren't running "Dime Dog" nights at that stadium, I'm going to need to have a talk with someone

[Bertz]

Amaya playing a day game after a night game with a lefty on the mound is kinda weird.

[Rcal10]

13 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Amaya playing a day game after a night game with a lefty on the mound is kinda weird.

But how do you take him out? I think Kelly plays Tuesday. 

[Eeyore]

Weather went crazy. Hail at comiskey. Crazy wind here

[Derwood]

95mph? From lefty? On THIS staff? In THIS economy?

[Crusader]

95 from Boyd with that funk will definitely play.

[Crusader]

Hell yeah Swanson 

[Eeyore]

Why were they talking about Swanson throwing out a guy at home in September 2018?

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

Why were they talking about Swanson throwing out a guy at home in September 2018?

His last walkoff defensive play

[Rex Buckingham]

Boyd got Suarez out... worth his contract

[chibears55]

Be nice to win this one, get to 500 with a good chance to get over against the As before the home opener. 

[JHBulls]

Always nice when Swanson’s bat touches the baseball. 

[Nolansomebody]

Swanson having himself an interesting 24 hours.

[Andy]

Arizona getting some decent contact but Boyd is coming up with several put away pitches too.

[DYMNO]

Brutal DP there.