Tom Brennan - SPOTLIGHT ON METS MINORS PITCHER TYLOR MEGILL

SPOTLIGHT ON METS MINORS PITCHER TYLOR MEGILL

Tylor Megill is a soon-to-be-24 year old pitcher in the Mets system who was drafted just last year.

Before he was drafted in 2018, his college career stats for Loyola Marymount and Arizona looked like this:

9-9, 4.61 ERA, 125 IP, 135 H, 1.51 WHIP, 115 Ks.

Pretty...well...not-so-good college numbers, huh?

So why did the Mets draft Megill just before he turned the age of  23 last year?

Short Answer: he throws hard and he is big.

Consistently in the mid 90s, with a big curve, the 6'7", 230 righty bettered his college #'s in Brooklyn by doing this:

1-2, 3.21, 28 IP, 36 Ks, 1.14 WHIP.  Solid.

This season, he gets bumped up to Columbia. 

Season starts, he's presumably injured.

Finally gets into action in game 37.

In 11 relief appearances and 2 starts, Megill is doing this:

30 IP. 40 Ks, 1.48 ERA, 1.09 WHIP.

Give the Mets credit - they saw something in this guy - like a high velocity fastball that can be honed into a real pitcher.

I watched a little of Megill a few times on MILB.com TV.  He looks like he needs some refinement, but that is why he is in A ball - but he is pitching much better in A ball than he very recently did in college.

His last 3 outings, he has thrown between 65 and 70 pitches.  With expanded pitch counts comes, one would think, accelerated development.

If Megill stays healthy and works hard, I think he could progress very quickly to the upper minors...and beyond.

And, for the spelling-challenged, he is not Tyler McGill, he is Tylor Megill.

DO WHAT I PLAN TO DO: KEEP AN EYE ON TYLOR MEGILL.

By the way, his slightly older brother, Trevor Megill, is 6'8", in the Padre organization (editor's note: December 12, 2019: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the San Diego Padres in the 2019 rule 5 draft.)  , and is 11-2 career in 130 minor league innings, all in relief, with 175 Ks and a 3.05 ERA, and has pitched in AAA this season.  Tallness, and talent, clearly run in the Megill family.