PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Matt Harvey appears open to considering a long-term contract with the New York Mets.
"I think whatever comes up is going to come up," Harvey said Monday, two days before Mets pitchers and catchers are due to report for spring training. "I've never shied away from it. I've never said I wouldn't consider it. But I haven't heard anything considering that."
After helping the Mets reach the World Series for the first time since 2000, the 26-year-old right-hander was eligible for salary arbitration for the first time and agreed to a one-year deal worth $4,325,000. He is eligible for free agency after the 2018 season, and his agent, Scott Boras, usually prefers his clients test the market.
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson says he would consider talking about long-term deals with his talented young starting pitchers if there was mutual interest. Jacob deGrom could become a free agent following the 2020 season, and Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz after the 2021 season. Zack Wheeler, projected back this summer following Tommy John surgery, could become a free agent following the 2019 season.
Harvey was 13-8 with a 2.71 ERA and 188 strikeouts in 189 1/3 innings last year after returning from Tommy John surgery. He went 2-0 with a 3.04 ERA in four postseason starts (see full story).
Rangers: Ike Davis signs minor league deal
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Free-agent first baseman Ike Davis has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers and will report to major league spring training.
Davis hit three homers in 74 games for Oakland last season before surgery in August to repair a torn labrum in his left hip. He also missed a month last month with a left quadriceps strain.
The deal was announced Monday, nine days before the Rangers' first full squad workout in Surprise, Arizona.
Davis had 32 home runs for the New York Mets in 2012. In 659 games over six big league seasons, he has hit .229 with 81 homers and 290 RBIs for the Mets (2010-14), Pittsburgh (2014) and Oakland (see full story).
Marlins: Craig Breslow agrees to minor league deal
MIAMI -- Reliever Craig Breslow has left the Boston Red Sox and agreed to a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins, who would be his seventh major league team.
The 35-year-old left-hander, who will attend big league spring training, is 22-27 with a 3.31 ERA in two starts and 522 relief appearances in 10 major league seasons. He was 0-4 with a 4.15 ERA for Boston in 45 games last year, striking out 46 and walking 23 in 65 innings.
Miami announced the agreement with the free agent on Monday. He has pitched for San Diego (2005), Boston (2006, 2012-15), Cleveland (2008), Minnesota (2008-09), Oakland (2009-11) and Arizona (2012).
