Blackburn will need to prove that he's healthy himself, of course, but Frankie Montas (lat) was already expected to be sidelined into May, so the Mets ' rotation depth is being tested early. Kodai Senga,

The 31-year-old right-hander is competing in camp for a spot at the back of the Mets' injury-plagued rotation, but Blackburn will need better performances than this to climb over Tylor Megill and Griffin Canning on the depth chart.

The Mets have signed Jose Urena to a non-roster invite amid spring training pitching injuries to Sean Manaea and Frankie Montas

Whoever loses that duel will be called on to start before too long. Though the Mets will start the season using just five starters — and might even do one turn of just four, thanks to extra off days — they’ll spend large chunks of the season with a six-man rotation.

The New York Mets have a pretty stacked ball club after inking right fielder Juan Soto to a record-setting 15-year, $765 million deal and re-signing power-hitti