The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Mets avoid arbitration with starting pitchers
They hardly were superheroes last season, but the Dark Knight and Thor both have inked new deals for 2018.
The Mets stayed busy on Friday knocking out oneyear settlements with several arbitration-eligible players, including starting pitchers Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom.
Harvey agreed to a small bump on a one-year deal worth $5.625 million, while Syndergaard also avoided arbitration following an injury-plagued 2017 campaign with a one-year contract worth $2.975 million, a sizable raise over the $605,500 he earned last season.
DeGrom, the Mets’ only starting pitcher to make it through all of last season healthy, will receive a nice boost from $4.05 million to $7.4 million after going 15-10 with a 3.53 ERA and a career-best 239 strikeouts over a team-high 201.1 innings.
Sources also confirmed to the Daily News that the Mets have agreed to terms with Wilmer Flores, Travis d’Arnaud and Jeurys Familia on new contracts for the upcoming season.
After a 2017 season marred by injury, a teammandated suspension and poor pitching when he was on the mound, Harvey will be back for a sixth season in Flushing with a $500,000 raise.
Harvey went 5-7 last year with a career-worst 6.70 ERA over 18 starts, spending twoand-a-half months on the disabled list with a stress injury to his right scapula.
Harvey made headlines early last season when GM Sandy Alderson suspended him for three games for conduct detrimental to the team. The former All-Star had failed to report to a game and blamed the absence on a migraine. He later apologized to the team and to fans.