While the Mets’ roster is pretty well balanced across its three major components, the team’s starting rotation is probably the iffiest one of the the bunch. Grapefruit League games haven’t gotten underway just yet, but at least for now, the team is planning to use a six-man rotation for the 2025 season. And Paul Blackburn will probably be one of the six starters on the Opening Day roster.
The Mets got Blackburn from the A’s at the trade deadline last year, and he went on to make just five starts before he was sidelined by a back condition that eventually required surgery.