Each year at 213 we look through the Non-Roster Invitees to spring training and get to know them a bit. Are they in camp to get a look at big league hitting/pitching to aid their development? Are the Mets just trying to get a better look at a future rookie? Are they a veteran trying to get back to the major league level? What can we expect from them this season?
Tylor Megill is the first pitcher in several days that were writing about here who is primarily a prospect. He was drafted in the 8th round in 2018 and could see some time in Queens this year, otherwise he’ll break into the bigs next year. Tylor is 6’7″ which is one of those things you can’t teach a pitcher (his brother was a Rule 5 Draft pick for the Cubs and is 6’8″). MLB’s Prospect Page (formerly The Pipeline) give’s his pitches and profile the following grades:
- Fastball 55
- Slider 55
- Changeup 40
- Control 45
- Overall 40
He’s currently the #28 prospect in the Mets system according to MLB.com and Baseball America ranked him the #30 prospect in the Mets system back in 2019. If the Pandemic doesn’t happen, Megill would have started last year off in Binghamton or in Syracuse.
2019 was the first year we really saw movement for Tylor in the Mets system. He did well in first season in minor league ball in 2018, pitching in 22 games and 71.2 innings with a 3.21 ERA. In 2019 he put up these numbers across three levels:
- Columbia (1.2 years older than average) – 14 G, 31.0 IP, 2.61 ERA, 1.226 WHIP
- St. Lucie (0.1 years older than average) – 7 G, 35.2 IP, 4.04 ERA, 1.290 WHIP
- Binghamton (1.3 years younger than average) – 1 Game, 3 ER over 5.0 IP
With all of the moves the Mets have made this off-season he projects to start in Syracuse and could see time in the majors due to injuries or roster crunches. Because last year was so weird, here’s what we are looking for this spring – we want to see Tylor vs Triple A and Major League hitters. He is right at the age when he should be seeing time in the majors. If Cohen doesn’t buy the Mets and the Mets don’t retool this off-season, we would be certain that he would be making his debut this season, considering how thin the Mets were at pitchers before they started to sign a ton of pitchers on minor league deals.
