Matthew Boyd Underwent Partial Meniscectomy, Cubs Hoping for June Return

Matthew Boyd underwent a successful partial meniscectomy on Thursday to repair an injury suffered while playing with his kids a day earlier. It was probably something of a ticking time bomb, with an acute trigger for what had been a chronic issue, so it’s probably for the best that he’s getting it taken care of now. A typical recovery for this type of procedure is 4-6 weeks, and the Cubs seem to be aiming for that.

“I think there’s a really good chance that Matt is contributing in a meaningful level here relatively soon,” Carter Hawkins told 104.3 The Score’s Mully & Haugh. “It’s not going to be this month.”

While there’s no way to commit to a specific window, Hawkins indicated that a mid-June return is the tentative target.

“It’s more than a month for sure, and then we’ll kind of figure it out from there,” the GM clarified. “It was not a full repair. It was more of a trimming.”

The first step is making sure the knee is able to withstand the force of driving off the rubber, then it’s a matter of ramping back up to something approaching full workload capacity. This was a minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery, so there should not be any issues with the structural integrity of the ligaments in Boyd’s left knee. That’s the good news.

The bad news is that Justin Steele‘s recent setback means he will still be out even when Boyd gets back. But hey, the Cubs have been rolling along despite other injuries, so this is just another bump in the road.