He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round, with 207th overall selection, of the 2015 MLB draft, and signed with them. Megill split the 2015 season between the AZL Padres and the Tri-City Dust Devils, going a combined 2–0 with a 3.16 ERA over 31.1 innings. Megill did not appear in a game in 2016 due to issues with bone spurs. He split the 2017 season between the AZL, Tri-City, and the Lake Elsinore Storm, going 5–0 with a 2.63 ERA over 27.1 innings. He split the 2018 season between the AZL, Lake Elsinore, and the San Antonio Missions, going a combined 2–1 with a 3.35 ERA over 37.2 innings. He split the 2019 season between the Lake Elsinore, the Amarillo Sod Poodles, and the El Paso Chihuahuas, going a combined 2–2 with a 3.86 ERA over 60.2 innings. On December 12, 2019, Megill was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 2019 Rule 5 draft. Dakota Mekkes (born November 6, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization. Mekkes attended Jenison High School in Jenison, Michigan. As a senior in 2013, he was 6-1 with a 2.28 ERA and 73 strikeouts. He went undrafted out of high school in the 2013 MLB draft and enrolled at Michigan State University where he played college baseball. He redshirted his 2014 freshman season and pitched only 12 innings as a redshirt freshman in 2015, but broke out as a redshirt sophomore in 2016, going 3-2 with a 1.74 ERA in 57 relief innings, striking out 96. After the season, he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. Mekkes signed and spent his first professional season with the Arizona League Cubs and Eugene Emeralds, pitching to a combined 1-1 record and a 1.80 ERA in 20 relief innings pitched between both teams. He pitched 2017 with the South Bend Cubs and Myrtle Beach Pelicans, going 8-2 with a 0.98 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP in 42 total relief appearances, and started 2018 with Tennessee Smokies, with whom he was named a Southern League All-Star before being promoted to the Iowa Cubs. In 41 relief appearances between the two clubs, he was 4-0 with a 1.17 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP.