Prior to June 23rd, Tylor Megill was a major league unknown. He started the year as a prospect on the Mets’ Double-A and Triple-A teams, on various Mets’ top 30 prospect lists but always hovering around the mid-20s. He was the kind of guy who’d get a cup of coffee in the big leagues towards the end of the year, but certainly not sooner, as the Mets had fantastic pitching depth.
And then they didn’t.
By June 23rd, the Mets had Jacob deGrom oscillating between injured and not injured on a weekly basis, Taijuan Walker having hurt his back already, Jordan Yamamoto with a mystery shoulder injury, and Joey Lucchesi needing Tommy John surgery.