Tylor Megill completed an uneven start with Triple-A on Thursday night, but showed some resiliency by pitching four innings for Syracuse.
After a clean first inning, Megill came out for the second with a hefty 8-0 lead against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. However, the Mets right-hander was rudely welcomed by a solo shot from Jose Rojas. The big right-hander then walked three straight batters to load the bases with no outs. Megill almost got out of the jam when he struck out Andrew Velazaquez and Spencer Jones back-to-back, but a walk to J.C. Escarra and a single to Brennen Davis drove in two runs. But that would be all the runs allowed by Megill as he got T.J. Rumfield to fly out to end the inning.
Megill would allow just one more hit in his final two innings as he gutted through four innings.
Tossing 70 pitches (42 strikes), Megill allowed three runs on four hits, four walks while striking out four hitters.
Thursday was Megill's fourth rehab start, second with Syracuse, and this is the first time the right-hander has allowed a run. In his four outings, Megill has allowed three total runs across 14 innings pitched. He's struck out 21 batters in that span. In his last start with Triple-A, Megill allowed just one hit and walked one batter across five shutout innings.
It's unclear what the next steps are for Megill after his latest rehab start, but with the rosters expanding on Sept. 1, Megill could be a candidate to rejoin the Mets in the starting rotation or bullpen.
