Trevor Megill Named to First Career All-Star Game, as Replacement for Freddy Peralta

After delivering his best outing of the season in a comeback victory to sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers, Trevor Megill received more good news minutes later in the clubhouse. The Brewers' closer has been named to the National League All-Star team, as a replacement for teammate Freddy Peralta, who will start on Sunday and (thus) be inactive for the exhibition game.

In 36 games, Megill has pitched to a 2.41 ERA and 2.64 FIP, while converting 21 of 24 save opportunities. His triple-digit fastball hasn’t been as dominant as it once was, but he has still posted a strong 30.9% strikeout rate by leaning more on his hard curveball.

“Very excited for him,” said Jackson Chourio. “He’s deserved it. The work that he’s done, and what he’s gone out there and put out for us, it’s been incredible.”

“He’s given to the team,” Murphy said. “If you don’t know him, he’s a tremendous giver. He gives a lot of himself.”

Making it to the Midsummer Classic was a personal goal from last offseason for Megill, who said he planned his All-Star break as if he would be in Atlanta.

“This was the goal in the offseason,” he said. “Just worked my butt off for it, and here we are.”

Megill joins a long line of Brewers closers to make All-Star rosters within the last decade. Devin Williams, Josh Hader, Jeremy Jeffress, Corey Knebel, and Francisco Rodriguez have all received the honor while occupying the ninth-inning role in Milwaukee. Most of those relievers blossomed into elite arms with the guidance of the club’s pitching development brass—including Megill, who owned a career 6.03 ERA in 67 appearances when the Brewers acquired him from the Minnesota Twins in April 2023.

“It’s just trust in [Chris] Hook, Jim [Henderson], Murphy, and [Matt] Arnold, everybody involved,” he said. “It’s just a very mature organization. You put a game plan together with them, and they trust you to go out there and execute it. They don’t get lost too much in the analytics and whatnot, it’s just go out there and get the zeros.”

There’s still a chance more Brewers could join the NL roster as more players opt out of participating. For now, the club will have two representatives from a pitching staff that ranks sixth in baseball with 12.7 RA/9-WAR.