Right-hander Paul Blackburn turned in the best pitching performance the Mets have received all week. He was rewarded by being designated for assignment Saturday.

The Mets designated pitcher Paul Blackburn for assignment, the club announced Saturday, likely ending the right-hander’s rocky tenure with the team. The move removes Blackburn from the club’s 40-man roster,

Paul Blackburn’s “weird” season took another strange turn late Tuesday night when he was awoken by a messenger banging on his hotel room door after missing a phone call informing him the Mets were planning to activate him the next day from the injured list.

With Nolan McLean's major league debut looming, the New York Mets have made a corresponding move on their 40-man roster. Shortly after New York's 11-9 loss to t

Paul Blackburn said he just wanted to pitch “somewhere” when he was reinstated from the injured list Thursday. It seemed pretty clear then that the “somewhere” might not be in Flushing.

With Nolan McLean gearing up for his MLB debut on Saturday, the Mets were forced to make a corresponding move and they've made it, designating Paul Blackburn for assignment.

Soon after the Mets’ 11-9 loss to the Seattle Mariners, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com first reported that Blackburn was going to be designated for assignment. The move will serve to make room for Saturday’s probable starter, Mets No. 1 pitching prospect Nolan McLean.

The Mets are going to designate right-hander Paul Blackburn for assignment, reports Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. That will be the corresponding move for the promotion of Nolan McLean, a move that was previously reported.

Francisco Lindor’s stretch as an almost automatic out has been replaced by the opposite end of the results spectrum.

What if Paul Blackburn, cut by the Mets, faced them next week with the Braves? A Marvel-style twist could make things even tougher for New York fans.