After struggling in his latest rehab appearance on Sunday, Tylor Megill has been shut down from throwing after he felt tightness on his secondary pitches, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters before the Mets and Phillies open up a pivotal four-game series in Philadelphia.
The right-hander is now back in New York to get imaging done and the Mets are awaiting the results.
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Regardless of what the MRI shows, a return to the big-league club is getting more and more unlikely with time running out.
“We’re running out of time, especially now with him complaining about the same thing that he went down with earlier in the year,” Mendoza said. “So, again, I don’t want to speculate here, but the fact that he’s getting another MRI and where we’re at, like I said, it feels like we’re running out of time.”
Megill has been on the shelf since June 15 with a right elbow sprain and had been rehabbing between Double-A and Triple-A for the last month or so. New York was hoping the 30-year-old could make a late-season return either as a starter or an option in the bullpen.
Entering Monday, the Mets have 19 games remaining in the regular season and with still no answers surrounding Megill on a re-occurring injury complaint, things don’t look promising.
In better news, Mendoza did add that Jose Siri is getting close to a return from his fractured tibia.
“We’re having a conversation here (to) see what’s next for him,” the skipper said.