Matthew Boyd Reacts To Cleveland Guardians Debut

Intro it's been a long road um does this live up to everything why you did all the work you did yeah I mean um I'm grateful I'm grateful I'm grateful to be part of this club um I just I truly feel blessed to be here um it was today was awesome it was a mil you know and uh but just the beginning right this is this was the goal is much bigger than that right when you're doing this stuff right like the the rehab process yeah it's getting back and I'm I'm just eternally grateful for it but uh an opportunity that sits here with this team and this ball Club is so special so uh you know it's just another it's another box track and uh it's G to keep Thank You going that I think one point strikes that what do you think all the work you you man um a lot of awesome people around me you know what I mean a lot of people helping me out along the way a lot of people um pouring into me uh helping me in ways right to to think about how I can be better when I come back um and you know grateful I mean so so many people to uh to name but I mean even going back to last year in Detroit you know there was so many conversations that we had while my arm was in a sling saying okay like who pitcher I want to be the pitcher I know I can be how do we attack some of this stuff and um you know to the conversations with the guys here right and uh and and Carl and Joe and Brad and and the whole staff so um you know it's it's it's a lot of a lot of credit that's you know not not for me but for a lot of people your fans didn't Standing Ovation really know much about you until toight how cool was to to get that standing ovation I'm very grateful I'm very grateful uh it was really special to have that and uh you know this the energy in this ball park you know has always been palpable even when I even when playing here on the visiting side it's it's it's uh you know it's um it's always formidable right it's it's h so it was special to have Nerves that everything else it does it does it does um you know I was out there on the mound getting caught in mouthed and stuff in that first inning you know and uh and uh had nerves just just like it it felt similar to that you know I think uh my wife told me last night you know I like we were counting up the days it was 422 days since my last one or something like that and uh every one day there every one of those days was a blessing right um would have wished that upon anybody but uh man so much good came from it and uh you know it was special another box checked but uh you know still you know goal you know we we all have a goal Catcher collectively start um I mean yeah um Bo called a great game you know all that being said like b b is awesome behind the plate that was our first time playing catch together right like so you know I think it speaks to his you know how his uh how he can you know as attitude right like he the way he goes about it and the way he caught on to everything you know as it was happening right he just he he we were just rolling and rolling and rolling and um and he was Nails back there it was it was awesome so uh I mean pitching reading swings and you know you know understanding you know what what what comes next after that so uh a lot of credit to bo back there then man we we also had some really great defense you know between you know Kenzie and will and infielders were solid it was it was really good not to say didn't Recovery appreciate every time you were on the mountain before all these obstacles came up but when they say like absence makes the heart grow F does like did did you feel yourself like did this hit a little bit harder being out there than you're just enjoying that having the opportunity to just pitch without a doubt without a doubt um when you know after we I I got surgery two days after I pitched um and just cuz we were in Texas and I trust Dr Meister he was awesome and uh it was like faster we can get it done faster we get back out here and within about three four days you know I was sitting in celum Washington you know up in the mountains just in a sling you know sitting there going man this hasn't really even hit it sunk in and it didn't need to sink in right like it was what needed to happen but um you know you think about those times and you're like man every day that passed right every day that P spring training passed you know and from you know Scott laying out the best plan Forward Thinking about what's what's going to be best for you know us and the best opportunity and um it's hard you know and you sit there and you're like man I should be a spring training but I'm throwing here at East Side Catholic High School you know what I mean and you know all the catch partners that I usually have are out you know and I'm throwing to some amazing people that are you know done playing or you know some amazing High School catchers and so on and so forth right and uh opening day rolls around right and you're just like it's uh we knew the plan I knew what was in my heart doesn't mean it was easy but it makes you miss it you know and um uh there'll be a time and a place to watch baseball from the couch but I don't think it's in the near future I do believe I have a lot more ahead of me and um was really grateful for uh um as hard as those days were you know know in my heart knew what was ahead and uh you know it was it tonight had a special place because of Competitive Edge that the authenticity how you describe that but how how when you for your rehab how did you maintain a Competitive Edge when you're not so long knowing that working back to a spot have to be comp this be the best version of myself every single day like whatever and more just like what it is today what can I do today like what's my plan what are my reps whether it's in rehab and throwing um and in my workouts and we're just going to be you know absolute just execute every single one and you know with that it comes a level of you know you have to be brutally honest with yourself too and say okay what did I do today and how can I do it better tomorrow and uh uh God bless my wife you know she's uh she's she's a mother of four and she homeschools and runs an international nonprofit and she's a part-time psychologist too right so uh she heard a lot of me you know um uh of of talking through those things but um it's just it's being brutally honest and saying okay now here's the next day what do I have to execute and just doing that day after day you know we're going to do it again tomorrow too how old are your kids um daughter just turned my oldest daughter just turned seven um my son uh my oldest son turns uh five on Monday and then we have twins that are Francisco Rodriguez two yeah it's awesome it's a lot of fun yeah yeah um yeah no I've uh I've had the opportunity to I mean I think one of the greatest guys was Francisco Rodriguez and and um I got to watch him for a couple years and he h impact on my career um I'm so grateful for the time around him but getting to watch him every single day was special and I got to see him at the tail end right watching what class did today is um I mean it's to go four in a row uh it's uh he's he's oneof a kind it's it's special what people are witnessing with him is really really special and um I know Cleveland's custom some amazing bullpens over the these these these years when you know and unfortunately you know I got to watch it from the wrong side firsthand right when that ball was flipped in the sixth or seventh it was like oh man but uh well what class is doing is really special and everyone needs to take notice because it's it's amazing all right thank you guys