Mets and Travis d’Arnaud agree to deal, avoid arbitration

Travis d’Arnaud and the Mets have agreed to a one-year deal.

Another Mets player has been signed ahead of the arbitration deadline on Friday. This time, Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports is reporting that the team has come to terms with catcher Travis d’Arnaud. The deal for d’Arnaud will avoid arbitration and guarantee him a contract for 2017. According to Heyman, it’s valued at $1.875 million – a little more than the projected $1.7 million.

While many of us think that the Mets’ biggest need is still at catcher, the organization is fully confident that d’Arnaud will have a bounce back year in 2017.

Terry Collins was asked a couple of months ago about d’Arnaud, and he emphasized the need to get him…