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Mariners To Acquire Matthew Boyd

By Steve Adams | August 2, 2022 at 4:15pm CDT

4:15pm: The Mariners and Giants announced this swap as part of a broader trade sending catcher Curt Casali and Boyd from San Francisco to Seattle in exchange for a pair of minor leaguers. You can read MLBTR’s full breakdown of the deal here.

3:56pm: The Mariners are set to acquire left-hander Matthew Boyd in a trade with the Giants, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post (Twitter link). He’s currently on the injured list and has spent the entire season to date rehabbing from September surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon, but Boyd makes for an interesting roll of the dice and could give the M’s a quality arm late in the season if he’s able to return from that surgery.

Boyd, 31, inked a one-year, $5.2MM deal with the Giants after a mostly solid four-year run with the Tigers. A brutal showing in 2020 skewed his numbers in his final few seasons with Detroit, but Boyd often flashed quality bat-missing ability and typically posted low walk rates throughout his time in the Detroit rotation. He twice looked as though he may be among the more appealing arms available at a trade deadline — first in 2019 when he was sitting on a 3.95 ERA and 152 strikeouts in 114 innings and again in 2021 when he’d posted a similar ERA and reduced home-run rate (albeit with a diminished strikeout rate).

The Tigers held onto Boyd both times, however, declining to move him in ’19 because they (justifiably) set a huge asking price given Boyd’s three-plus remaining seasons of club control. The 2020 season brought little opportunity to move Boyd, thanks to the aforementioned struggles (6.71 ERA in 12 starts), and by the time last year’s deadline rolled around, Boyd’s season was in jeopardy due to that forearm issue.

It’s unlikely that Boyd will be able to return and build up to a starter’s workload this season — but the Mariners, particularly after landing Reds ace Luis Castillo, don’t really need Boyd to step into the rotation anyhow. He could, however, provide them with an experienced left-hander to plug into the bullpen. Seattle hasn’t had much luck with its left-handed bullpen arms this season, so taking what’s surely a low-cost flier on Boyd is a sensible enough peripheral move at this stage of deadline season.

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36 Comments

  1. 1bertu

    3 years ago

    ew

    Reply
    • Captain Judge99

      3 years ago

      I wish Boyd could pitch tonight.

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      • compassrose

        3 years ago

        You had Gonzalez last night don’t be greedy. Should be a good one tonight.

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  2. Holy Cow!

    3 years ago

    Now Avila trades him.

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    • Sfgiants4l

      3 years ago

      He’s on the giants lol

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      • Redwolves3

        3 years ago

        Boyd was another Zaidi dumpster dive waiting to be DFA

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    • Holy Cow!

      3 years ago

      My bad, I missed the non-tender last year.

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      • PhanaticDuck26

        3 years ago

        whining about his team is clearly more important than following the players on it.

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        • Holy Cow!

          3 years ago

          Not my team.

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  3. BigJonSteez

    3 years ago

    I like what the mariners are doing

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    • 1bertu

      3 years ago

      Spending the deadline collecting terrible plyaers from the giants?

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      • Selah Rick 2

        3 years ago

        Boyd won’t have time to build up to starter innings. Probably will use him out of the pen. They desperately needed a lefty bp arm. Haven’t had much success in filling that role. So yea it makes perfect sense and didn’t cost much.

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    • Alkie

      3 years ago

      As an Astros fan, I agree.

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  4. SFBay314

    3 years ago

    is this part of the curt casali for Michael Stryffeler deal?

    If not what is the return for SF?

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  5. Halo11Fan

    3 years ago

    They are also about to get a catcher.

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  6. For Love of the Game

    3 years ago

    Love Matthew Boyd as a person, not so much as a player. I hope he can get healthy and help the M’s.

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  7. Tim Spangler

    3 years ago

    Should be significant prospect returns like a top 10

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    • For Love of the Game

      3 years ago

      For an injured player whose contract expires this year??? Lucky to get the back end of their top 30 prospects!

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    • thestick

      3 years ago

      You’re out of your mind if you think that. Dudes been on IL all year. No guarantee he is even a semblance of his past self.

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  8. Jaysfan51

    3 years ago

    Lol

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  9. warnbeeb

    3 years ago

    Mariners still have to play their home-home series with the Tigers. It would figure that Boyd will be healthy enough to pitch, lock up a playoff spot with good showings vs. his ex-team and go on to have a nice playoff run. I’ll be rooting for him.

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    • FullMontilla

      3 years ago

      Wow, now that’s some rose-colored glasses right there – an assumption of health any time soon is a stretch

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  10. RogerForTheHall

    3 years ago

    WTH is Farhan doing? SF waited and paid this guy all year, now you move him?

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    • FullMontilla

      3 years ago

      feels like 40 man roster space manipulation – something more may be coming

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    • Ann Porkins

      3 years ago

      Early projections had him coming back in June, if I recall. Now that they’re unlikely to make the postseason and his rehab is taking longer, he’s gone from “mid-season low-risk rotation reinforcement” to “guy who could give a few innings in September games that won’t mean anything.”

      At this point, the Giants should give September innings to take a look young guys like Sean Hjelle to see what they could provide in 2023. Getting anything for Boyd in a trade is more valuable than having him pitch in meaningless games and then walk via free agency

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  11. RyanD44

    3 years ago

    I’m so confused. Boyd, Giants, Mariners

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  12. Mr. E Team

    3 years ago

    The return is Pahlo

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  13. Thank_God_Im_Not_Tim_Dierkes

    3 years ago

    Dipoto should be fired, torched the farm for Castillo in a lopsided trade he lost. Then follows up with an old redundant backup catcher and an injured pitcher along with sorting out the dumpster fire looking for Villar and Janikowski. I’m done watching this year if this is his deadline, too frustrating to care. The Mariners should be looking for rehab upside in a rebuild year, not in a wild card pursuit. I’m just done. Preller showed why he’zs the best GM in the game. Honorable mentions to Braves for their extension for core players Acuna, Albies, Olson, and Riley, all for 150% of what aging Freddie got from L.A.

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    • Selah Rick 2

      3 years ago

      All this to say your pissed the M’s are in a playoff race and the Angel’s have fallen apart. Come on man! Do you have to be so transparent?

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    • BuddyBoy

      3 years ago

      He lost the Castillo trade? Wow, I thought maybe guys should actually play the games before making a call on the deal. Oh well, I can see acquiring a top tier starter for prospects would be a loss….

      God forbid they acquire some depth, particularly at catcher where they’ve carried the worst catcher in the majors.

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    • Gk_holiday

      3 years ago

      “Dipoto should be fired…” lol. Torched the farm? What are you talking about dude? Marte and Arroyo is hardly torching the farm, especially considering who was acquired by trading those two Single A prospects. Stoudt and Moore are throw-ins. Stoudt has been horrendous this year, looked bad in spring training, and has only regressed. Dipoto has completely flipped this franchise from a perennial dumpster dweller to playoff contender. With the amount of turnover this roster has seen in recent years, in direct correlation of the team knocking on the door of postseason contention you are saying fire Dipoto? You must be smoking that goody good dope.

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    • Benjamin560

      3 years ago

      Good! We don’t need bandwagon jumpers on this team anyways.

      Reply
  14. Captain Judge99

    3 years ago

    The Trashtros are scared now.

    Reply
  15. Greenberg

    3 years ago

    He’s a great guy, but as a Tigers fan, I promise you you are wasting your time with him.

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  16. Ignorant Son-of-a-b

    3 years ago

    Jerry must have expended all his exuberant pent up energy on the Castillo trade and then started drinking.

    Reply
  17. Jack Buckley

    3 years ago

    I feel sorry for Tiger fans

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