Cubs Pitcher Hurt His Knee Hanging Out With His Kids

As someone who has spent some time on life’s Injured List, I can totally feel this Cubs player’s pain.

I, too, tore my meniscus, ACL, and sprained my MCL in one fell swoop playing pickup basketball. I also fractured my knee cap as a child, so again, yeah, I know a thing or two about knee injuries.

That’s all to say, I’ve never injured myself while around my kids.

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Cubs Ace Matthew Boyd Sidelined by After Hangout with Kids

CBS 2 says, “Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd is going to have surgery after he injured his left knee while hanging out with his kids on Wednesday.”

That’s a new one to me, but that had to be one aggressive hangout with the kids to end up on the injured list. Cubs Manager Craig Counsell said, “Boyd got hurt when he sat down with his kids and got back up.”

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Boyd is 35 years old, but those are the kinds of injuries that anyone that age and older starts to fear. It’s like the “I sneezed and somehow injured my back” type thing.

Boyd, who is essentially the ace of the first-place Cubs, is going on the 15-Day Injured List. I believe he will be out a bit longer than that, as rehab for a meniscus tear is roughly 3-6 weeks post-surgical and 4-8 if skipped.

This is nothing new for the 2026 Cubs, who have dealt with a myriad of injuries to start the year but somehow remain one of the best teams in baseball.