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The New York Mets announced about an hour before Sunday’s game the following roster moves:

  • Tylor Megill has been placed on the 15-day IL, retroactive to May 12th. He has right biceps inflammation and will undergo an MRI today.
  • Colin Holderman (RHP) has been selected from Triple-A.
  • Trevor May has been transferred to the 60-day IL.

These moves come after Megill’s most recent start where he struggled mightily. On May 11th against the Nationals in Washington D.C., Megill was removed after only 1 1/3rd innings pitched. This, at the time, seemed performance related rather than due to injury.

In this start, Washington blitzed him for five first innings runs on five hits. Megill also hit a batter and gave up a two-run home run to Juan Soto in the inning. After a laborious first, Buck Showalter opted to keep Megill in the game for the second inning.

This decision proved to be costly. Megill came back out and allowed three more hits. The last being a three-run home run off the bat of Nelson Cruz. Megill walked the next batter and was promptly removed from the game. He threw 54 pitches in only 1 1/3rd innings of work.

As a result of this outing, Megill saw his ERA balloon from 2.43 to 4.41. This was by far the worse start in his young MLB career.

No injury was reported after the game. It appears today was the first indication of some sort of issue. As the above points out, Megill will undergo an MRI to discover the extent of his bicep inflammation.

UPDATE:

Good to see Megill’s injury appears to be minor.

In a reactionary move, the Mets selected the contract of Colin Holderman. The six-foot-seven former ninth-round selection has pitched 12 1/3rd innings for Triple-A Syracuse this season. Across these innings, he has struck out 13 and has only allowed nine hits and four earned runs. Holderman has also walked only three batters. He has arguably been Syracuse’s best reliever.

Holderman was with the Mets in spring training. He looked impressive before a poor outing toward the end of spring. He struck out an impressive 14 batters across 6 2/3rd innings. The 26-year-old relies on a powerful fastball.

Lastly, Trevor May was transferred to the 60-day IL. He is expected to be sidelined until at least June with a stress reaction in the power area of his right humerus.