Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd said he was “grateful” for the opportunity to start the wild-card series opener Tuesday against the San Diego Padres and broke down in tears when speaking to the media about his journey.

“I’m a sucker for this sort of thing,” he said before choking up. “You think about a career, you think about … this is cool for so many different reasons. It’s cool because you never know when the opportunity presents itself. I waited my first eight years to get a chance for the postseason (with the Mariners in 2022), and didn’t really get to be a part of it. On the field, I only threw one out. You never know when the opportunity is going to come again.

“To do it with the Cubs, to do it with this group, it will never be like this again. When we come back here, the pe

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