With Tylor Megill, it’s usually one bad inning to spoil the start. It was the fourth inning of Saturday’s start that met this criteria. In an 8-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, 5 runs came across the board against the New York Mets in a never-ending frame that began with a home run.

Megill wasn’t yanked quickly. Instead, he was challenged to slither out of a sticky situation, he’d remain in the inning and face 10 batters. It was a sloppy inning by Megill that included an error by him and a wild pitch

After the game, Carlos Mendoza didn’t hold back. The Mets skipper was refreshingly blunt about what went wrong for Megill.

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza isn’t about to make excuses for Tylor Megill

There were no kid’s gloves at this press conference where Mendoza didn’t skate around the issue. Megill was simply not good enough and even if runs went unearned, he was at fault for making the error.

Although coming off of a win in Colorado, Megill’s previous outing wasn’t a particularly strong one. It lasted 82 pitches and included 2 runs against him in the fifth inning. As per usual, Megill had an inning where the game began to go sideways. Able to work his way out of that mess, he wasn’t so lucky versus the Rays.

One of the more puzzling players on the Mets roster, Megill’s nasty stuff at times doesn’t make up for the misfortunes that befall him nearly every time out. He has one quality start all year, a no-decision in an April 27 no-decision against the Washington Nationals. After 14 starts, it’s a lousy percentage.

Bitten by too many walks this season, Megill intrigue remains because of the strikeouts. He’s at 11.7 per 9 this year. Only Danny Young and Edwin Diaz have a better rate. None of the starters are fanning more hitters per inning which has him standing out but missing out in other areas. A key for several Mets starters this year has been pitching to contact. Megill, with only 2 double play groundouts on the season, isn’t getting those big outs based on contact. Even Paul Blackburn has a pair of double plays attributed to him and he has played far less.

Megill had nowhere to hide after this outing. When asked about the devastating fourth inning, he wasn’t quite on the same page as Mendoza.

Defeated both on the field and in spirit, the clock is ticking on Megill’s existence on the MLB roster. Saved ever-so-slightly by the Kodai Senga injury, a demotion for him due to his available minor league options still seems inevitable. He’s one healthy teammate away from it.