Tylor Megill is the rotation replacement for Justin Verlander, who was placed on the 15-day IL after he was diagnosed with a low-grade strain.
at loanDepot park. “But things don’t change. You come up here and compete and do to the best of your capabilities.”
Peterson won the job created by Jose Quintana’s absence, as the left-hander recovers from rib surgery that will keep him sidelined for at least half the season. “[Megill] approached it a little different than say Max [Scherzer] or Justin did, and rightfully so. He’s working on some things, but when the game starts he got out of sync a little command wise, which is not him, but he showed enough. I thought he had a real good couple of first outings and then some of the command got away from him a little bit at the end.”
But Megill sustained a lat strain that sidelined him and after his return was diagnosed with a shoulder impingement that kept him on the IL into September.Showalter was pleased with the rotation depth the Mets had to begin camp with Peterson and Megill on standby, but now the realization has hit that the team is one starting pitching injury away from going with a less-tested option such as Joey Lucchesi or Jose Butto.
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