Tylor Megill got to live a dream watching from a major league dugout as his brother pitched against the Mets the past two days.
On Sunday it will be Trevor Megill’s turn to watch his younger brother, the Mets’ scheduled starting pitcher against the Brewers.
Or maybe both Megills will get to pitch.
“It’s the kind of things we dream of as kids and it seemed like it was going to happen last year,” Tylor Megill said Saturday, a day after Trevor Megill pitched an inning of scoreless relief against the Mets. “[But] doing it on Opening Day seems a lot better.”
Trevor Megill returned from the bullpen Saturday and pitched a scoreless seventh inning with two hits allowed and three strikeouts in the Mets’ 7-6 loss to the Brewers at Citi Field.
Last year’s meeting of Megills never happened as both were optioned to the minor leagues on June 24, only days before the Mets were set to open a series against the Brewers.
The brothers (Trevor is 30 and Tylor 28) never had real opportunities to compete against each other’s teams growing up in Southern California, according to Tylor Megill.
Tylor Megill joked that he and his brother “have something planned” if a fight breaks out between the Mets and Brewers.
On Friday the benches emptied (without punches thrown) after Rhys Hoskins slide late into second base and spiked Jeff McNeil.
A day later there were tensions after Yohan Ramirez threw behind Hoskins in the seventh inning — the pitcher was ejected — but the teams remained in their respective dugouts.
Tylor Megill described himself as more relaxed than his older brother.
“He’s a little more emotional than I am,” Tylor Megill said. “And he likes to throw a lot of fastballs, I throw a lot of fastballs. But he throws two pitches, I’m five pitches, it’s quite different. Everybody asks me why don’t you throw as hard as him? Yeah one inning.”
Starling Marte started at DH and could receive several other opportunities in the spot before J.D. Martinez joins the lineup, as soon as next Sunday.
Manager Carlos Mendoza cited the fact the Mets have 19 games scheduled in 20 days and he wants to keep Marte as fresh as possible.
The Mets sent a video of DJ Stewart getting picked off first base Friday for review by MLB.
On the play Hoskins was blocking the bag with his foot, in violation of the new rules (but it isn’t reviewable by replay).
During Saturday’s game, Mendoza spoke with umpire Lance Barrett about the matter.
According to the manager, Barrett said that after watching the play again, it was clear obstruction occurred.
“[Barrett] was pretty honest and said he missed it,” Mendoza said. “It’s a hard call. They are not used to it.”
