Cubs Starting Pitcher Placed on Injured List, Javier Assad Recalled

The Chicago Cubs delivered some very unfortunate news on Monday afternoon with another one of their pitchers going down with an injury. As first reported by Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic, the team is placing left-hander Matthew Boyd on the 15-day injured list retroactive to April 3 with a left bicep strain.

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