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The New York Mets officially named right-hander Tylor Megill the starter for their Opening Day matchup with the Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon at Nationals Park, pending rain of course.

With Jacob deGrom unavailable and Max Scherzer lined up to start Game 2 on Friday, Megill seemed like the logical choice. Mets manager Buck Showalter revealed earlier this week that the decision was down to the trio of Megill, David Peterson, and Trevor Williams.

As we now know, the youngster ultimately received the nod. The honor is certainly well-deserving after Megill served as such an unexpected bright spot during his rookie campaign in orange and blue.

Despite not having thrown a pitch at the Triple-A level, Megill was thrust into the rotation and certainly looked the part. He stepped up big-time and pitched some meaningful innings for the injury-plagued rotation.

Megill ultimately faltered off a bit towards the end of the year, but that is likely due to the number of innings he had thrown. Although, Megill still did pitch to a solid 4.52 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and struck out 99 batters over 89.2 innings pitched.

Even facing some of the top lineups in baseball Megill was poised and in control out there on the bump. He was praised throughout the year by former skipper Luis Rojas and his teammates for his calm, cool, and collected demeanor on the bump.

Megill certainly showed a ton of upside during his first stint at the big league level. He carried that positive momentum into this spring, as he allowed just two unearned runs and struck out seven over two appearances (6.2 innings).

With deGrom sidelined and the rest of the rotation a little banged up, the Mets are going to need Megill to step up again early on in the 2022 season.