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 one-year settlements with several arbitration-eligible players, including starting pitchers Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom.
Harvey agreed to a small bump on 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 team-mandated 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 two-and-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 had blamed the absence on a migraine. He later apologized to the team and to fans.
Harvey will enter a star-studded free-agent market after the 2018 season that includes Clayton Kershaw, Manny Machado, and fellow Scott Boras client Bryce Harper.
Syndergaard, who won't be eligible to be a free agent until after the 2021 season, went 1-2 with a 2.97 ERA in just seven starts last season. The 2016 All-Star worked just three late-season innings after suffering a torn lat muscle on April 30.
Zack Wheeler was the lone Met to officially file for arbitration, submitting a figure of $1.9 million, with the Mets countering at $1.5 million.
Flores settled at $3.4 million after earning $2.2 million in 2017. Familia agreed to a $7.925 million deal after making $7.425 million last year. Ramos agreed at $9.225 million for the coming year. And d'Arnaud will nearly double his base salary from $1.875 million to $3.475 million in 2018. Hansel Robles also settled at $900,000.
