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Mets manager Carlos Mendoza makes assertion about Tylor Megill

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza made an assertion about Tylor Megill who will need to step up in the team's injury riddled rotation early on.
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Sep 30, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Tylor Megill (38) throws against the Atlanta Braves in the first inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images
Sep 30, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Tylor Megill (38) throws against the Atlanta Braves in the first inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images | Brett Davis-Imagn Images

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The New York Mets rotation will be put to the test to start the 2025 season with two key starters set to miss a significant amount of time.

Newly signed starting pitcher Frankie Montas will not throw for 6-8 weeks due to a high-grade lat strain and lefty Sean Manaea will be out until at least mid-April after suffering aright oblique strain.

With New York expected to be without Montas and Manaea for the foreseeable future, other starters will have to step up. Griffin Canning and Tylor Megill are viewed as viable options. As for the aforementioned Megill, who is poised to be in the rotation this season with both Montas and Manaea on the IL, manager Carlos Mendoza expressed high hopes for the right-hander this season.

The second-year skipper was a guest on the Foul Territory podcast and sounded very optimistic and excited about how Megill can contribute to the Mets' rotation.

“Tylor Megill is a guy that I’m really excited about this year," Mendoza said. "He's been in the league now, he's up and down, but this is a guy who throws 96-97 [mph]; he's got really good stuff. He should be a guy in this league and we're counting on him."

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It hasn't been a smooth major league career for the right-handed Megill thus far as he enters his fifth season at the big league level. In 74 career games [67 starts], the 29-year-old has gone 21-21 with a 4.56 ERA, 346 strikeouts, 130 walks and a 1.39 WHIP across 341.1 innings. Megill has flashed excellence at times and has struggled as well.

Megill has been shuffled to and from the minor leagues on several occasions since being called up during the 2021 regular season. Megill, who now has only one option remaining, stepped in for the injured Paul Blackburn (back injury) in late-August and proceeded to pitch well down the stretch to help the Mets clinch a Wild Card spot in 2024.

Throughout his entire career, Megill has been asked to fill-in when starters have gone down with injury. In the past, Megill has always answered the bell when receiving an opportunity to pitch in the Mets' rotation. The team and the pitcher will be hoping for continued success in 2025.

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LOGAN VANDINE

Logan VanDine is a contributing writer for On SI's Mets. Logan is a graduate of Rider University where he majored in Sports Media and minored in Sports Studies. During his time at Rider, Logan worked for Rider's radio station, 107.7 The Bronc as a sports host, producer and broadcaster, and for the school's paper: The Rider News. He began his time with The Rider News as a section writer for sports and was a copy editor for two years followed by being one of the sports editors during his senior year. Logan also placed third in the New Jersey Press Foundation Awards for sports feature writing. Aside from his work at On SI, he is also a writer for FanSided covering the New York Giants and Mets and also covers the Giants for Total Apex Sports. Give him a follow on X: @VandineLogan

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