2018 is Blank's second season with the Canaries. Last year, the right-hander made 39 appearances out of the bullpen with a 5.00 ERA. Blank struck out 52 batters in 49 innings pitched in 2017, good for the Birds' second-best strikeout rate.The 25-year-old Blank signed with the Birds last year after three years in the New York Mets' farm system, playing with the Brooklyn Cyclones and Columbia Fireflies in 2016. The Tucson, Ariz. native attended Central Arizona College before being picked by the Mets.