NY Mets depth chart: 2 players who moved up in spring training, 2 who moved down

There isn’t a month on the MLB calendar where things change more than March. Spring training results, while taken with a grain of salt for 90% of the performances, gives players a chance to shoot up the depth chart of fall down. Several New York Mets players in camp this year saw their stock rise while others fell.

Now that the final spring training game has been completed, we have a clearer idea of where everyone stands. We had plenty of movement on the depth chart. These are two of the most important players who moved up and another pair who managed to fall down.

Tylor Megill moved up the depth chart

Tylor Megill always seems to find a way onto the Mets roster. Whether sixth, seventh, or even eighth on the starting pitcher depth chart at any point, injuries and a lack of good results have allowed him to regularly strut his way back onto the big league mound. This spring’s performance wasn’t earth-shattering, but it was good enough to make him one of the five starters the Mets will begin the season with.

Megill went 0-2 with a 4.24 ERA in 4 starts. He struck out 18 in his 17 innings while issuing 4 walks. Routinely one of the more consistent strike throwers on the roster, even when other things aren’t going so well for him, the common criticism of Megill has been how consistently he runs into one bad inning.

Coming off of his best ERA season in the big leagues along with the most strikeouts per 9 he has had in any of his four seasons, Megill had to fight his way into the rotation. It’s an all-too-familiar story for him.

Due in part to his successful spring and the faultiness of another teammate, Megill managed to move up the depth chart for now. How long he lasts is up to him.