PORT ST. LUCIE — Paul Blackburn’s participation in normal physical activity late last season left him feeling as if his spine was getting crushed. Running, jumping, walking up and down stairs were ...

Wednesday’s one-inning spring outing might not have looked like much, but to the Mets and Blackburn, it was significant.

Paul Blackburn made his spring debut on Wednesday, working a 1-2-3 inning in his first outing since offseason back surgery.

Jose Siri homered for the second straight day, but the Mets fell to the Red Sox, 6-4, on Sunday. - Paul Blackburn took the ...

Mets starter Paul Blackburn spoke after his first start coming back from a spinal injury he dealt with this offseason.

HERSHEY — Paul Blackburn knows he has lived a charmed basketball life. As a player, he was always in the right place at the right time. That made this triumph, 27 seasons, 681 games and 434 wins ...

It marked his first outing since suffering a cerebrospinal fluid leak late last season and undergoing surgery — in which doctors shaved bone spurs around a capsule in his spine that was punctured, ...

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 ...

Mets' Paul Blackburn got roughed up in the first inning of Sunday's loss to the Boston Red Sox, but manager Carlos Mendoza was still happy with the pitcher's performance.

New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn (back), who required surgery in October of last year to fix a leak around his spinal cord, is a little bit behind the rest of the team's pitching at the start ...

Paul Blackburn discussed his first start at Mets spring training since offseason surgery. Also included are injury updates on other players.

– Right-hander Griffin Canning threw live batting practice getting up and down twice, while right-hander Paul Blackburn had one up. The two depth starters are the likely candidates for the fifth and ...