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Tylor Megill is Turning Heads

By Doug M

May 5, 2021 No comments

Photo by Ed Delany, MMN

Tuesday’s minor league opening day was the talk of the niche community, with many of the Mets top prospect bats showing well and generating buzz.

But with Matt Allan not lining up for the Cyclone’s opener and J.T. Ginn still rehabbing from last year’s elbow surgery, it was seemingly a quiet night for buzzy young Mets arms.

Well, that is if you haven’t been paying attention since the fall.

The entire Mets organization has taken notice of the emergence of their 2018 eighth-round pick, Tylor Megill. Mets vice president of amatueur and international scouting Tommy Tanous, in an interview for Metsmerized, had this to say about the big right-hander:

“Tylor Megill right off the bat…he has really blossomed. Velocity has gone up, breaking ball has become sharper and tighter and uses it very effectively…”

Megill, 25, got the Opening Day nod for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies on Tuesday, and he looked the exact part, surrendering only one run on two hits and three walks in five innings of work against the Akron Rubber Ducks, racking up 10 strikeouts.

Megill has big league mound presence, hulking in his stretch position at 6’7″ and 230 pounds. Utilizing a compact arm action, his quick arm is indeed generating big velocity, sitting mid 90’s with his four seam fastball.

After having a few fastballs run on him in the first inning, Megill really settled in from there, locating his heater for strikes and garnering ample swings and misses from Rubber Ducks hitters up in the zone. When locating up, the heater wasn’t being touched, and Megill did this consistently throughout his outing. Megill’s high 3/4 slot delivery and plus spin rates enable excellent carry on this pitch, which currently grades out as an above average big league offering.

But what really caught my eye and impressed me most was the nasty slider he used to end the fourth inning, captured below by SNY’s Jacob Resnick:

Not all of Megill’s breaking pitches broke quite this hard, but he was able to steal a few strikes early in counts at the top of the strike zone by dropping in what looked like a slower, slurvy offering.

All told, it was a very impressive season debut, and plenty worthy of the buzz he has been generating all through last fall and so far this spring. Megill has easily become one of, if not the most exciting young arm in the upper levels of the Mets minor league system.

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Written by Doug M

My fate to bleed the blue and orange for life was laid out before me in 1997. My first Mets prospect I remember getting pumped up about was David Wright, as he just tore through the FSL and Eastern League with ease. Since then, my interest in minor league development has only grown. I hope to grow that interest further here at Mets Minors.

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