Trevor Megill's incredible streak continues as Brewers cap series win over Mariners

Despite boasting a 2.39 ERA as the calendar reads August 20, the 2026 season hasn't been all smooth sailing for Milwaukee Brewers' All-Star closer Trevor Megill, but his recent hot streak has made those early-season struggles rather easy to forget.

Megill's season began with a shaky series of outings that temporarily lost him the closer's role to Abner Uribe. As late as May 12, Megill, who turned in a 2.49 ERA with 30 saves a season ago, was sporting an ERA of 6.00, and a concerning dip in velocity suggested that the process was just as worrisome as the results. Questions of whether or not Megill's late-season flexor strain last year was still impacting his effectiveness were present, and uncertainty lay in front of the Brewers' 6'8" flame-thrower.

However, in the time since, Megill has responded to those early-season struggles precisely as the Brewers hoped he would. Since that aforementioned date of May 12, Megill has covered 33 innings and surrendered just three earned runs, good for a 0.82 ERA. What's even more impressive is that two of those three earned runs came in the same outing -- a June 5 appearance against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. That outing was also Megill's lone blown save during this impressive stretch; he's converted all 19 of his other save opportunities.

After earning a save in the Brewers' Thursday night series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers last week, Megill went a full week without pitching before he closed out this afternoon's series win over the Seattle Mariners. Posting another perfect inning, Megill continued what has been an unbelievable streak that began with an appearance against the Los Angeles Angels back on July 31. Since that appearance on the final day of July, Megill has retired 30 of the 31 batters he has faced, and the lone baserunner he allowed reached via an intentional walk during the Brewers' extra innings loss to the San Diego Padres.

Trevor Megill's season turnaround has been a key part of the Brewers' 2026 success

It's a statistic that takes a second to truly sink in, but what it means is that Megill himself has not allowed a baserunner in nine consecutive appearances. The Brewers elected to intentionally walk Fernando Tatis Jr. while Megill was on the bump, and while that technically counts as a baserunner allowed on his stat line, it doesn't change the fact that Milwaukee's closer has been literally unhittable since the final day of July.

In Thursday afternoon's save against the Mariners, it took a few nice catches from center fielder Garrett Mitchell to continue Megill's impressive streak, but it goes down as another perfect inning in the scorebook for the Brewers' finisher. Said Mitchell on the two catches after the game, "both balls were hit hard, but a quick first step, I take pride in that...It was nice to be able to catch them."

Meanwhile, fellow reliever Aaron Ashby, who covered two huge innings for the Brewers on Thursday afternoon, confirmed that he's never seen Megill this locked in, and the timing is perfect. The Brewers placed Uribe on the injured list with a flexor strain back on August 14 (retroactive to August 11), so there's certainly more pressure on Milwaukee's remaining high-leverage relievers, like Megill, to perform while the elite set-up man is sidelined.

Now sporting a 2.39 ERA with 23 saves in 25 appearances, Megill is back to resembling the All-Star closer that he was last year. A continuation of his recent dominance down the stretch and into the postseason will be necessary for the Brewers to reach their ultimate goal this year.

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