The Mets, as they have done for the past few years, went into 2023 with Tylor Megill as rotation depth, the first or second man up in the event of an injury—not part of the team’s rotation. Naturally, he wound up starting the season in the rotation and went on to make the second-most starts with the second-most innings pitched of any Mets starter. And that’s with more than a month spent in Triple-A.
With the additions of Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga, and José Quintana, the Mets planned for Megill to start the season in Syracuse.