Left-hander Matt Boyd has returned to the Detroit Tigers after agreeing to a one-year contract with the team. The deal, worth a reported $10 million, is pending a physical.
The 31-year-old player is back with the Tigers after spending the last season at the Seattle Mariners. He was shifted to the Mariners after inking a $5.2 million deal with the San Francisco Giants.
Boyd is expected to be slotted back into the Tigers’ rotation, where he played for seven seasons. During his previous tenure with the Tigers, Boyd went 37-60 with a 4.87 ERA over 777.2 innings. This includes 137 home runs and 247 walkouts.
The return of Boyd to the Tigers’ lineup is a welcome sight in Detroit given the team’s injury-riddled pitching lineup. Former No. 1 overall pick Casey Mize is sidelined after undergoing Tommy John surgery in June, while left-hander Tarik Skubal underwent flexor-tendon surgery in August. Right-hander Matt Manning was ruled out in September due to a forearm strain while fellow right-hander Spencer Turnbull is still recovering from the Tommy John surgery that he underwent in June 2021.
