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Royals Sign Matt Harvey

By Steve Adams | July 28, 2020 at 10:01am CDT

JULY 28: This deal is now official. Harvey’s pact will be worth a prorated $575K if he makes the Royals, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com tweets. It also includes performance bonuses for games started.

JULY 23: The Royals are close to a deal with free agent right-hander Matt Harvey, reports MLB Network’s Jon Heyman (via Twitter). It seems quite likely to be a minor league pact for the Scott Boras client, who would need to be added to Kansas City’s 60-man player pool before reporting to their alternate training site. Joel Sherman of the New York Post adds that a deal between the two sides is expected to be completed today.

Harvey, 31, struggled with the Angels in 2019 when he totaled 59 2/3 innings with a 7.09 ERA, 5.9 K/9 and 4.4 BB/9. He had a solid run in Cincinnati following a trade in 2018, though, pitching to a 4.50 ERA and 4.33 FIP in 24 starts. By all accounts, he fit in well in the Reds’ clubhouse, and Harvey himself spoke to the New York Post’s Dan Martin earlier this year about the manner in which he feels he’s grown since his early years with the Mets. “I’ve grown up and matured on and off the field,” Harvey told Martin. “There are a lot of things I’d do differently, but I don’t like to live with regret.”

The Royals are already carrying a pair of Boras-represented reclamation projects in right-handers Greg Holland and Trevor Rosenthal, and Harvey will hope to join that bunch. It’s been years since he was New York’s “Dark Knight,” a budding ace who took the NL by storm with a 2.53 ERA, 9.5 K/9 and 2.0 BB/9 through his first 427 MLB innings. Harvey’s arm has been put through the ringer since then, however, as Tommy John surgery and Thoracic Outlet Surgery have sapped his heater and rendered him a shell of that previous self.

It’s easy to forget, though, that Harvey is still only in his early 30s. A rebound shouldn’t be ruled out completely, as the raw talent is clearly there, but adjustments clearly need to be made. A successful Harvey rebound would make for quite the storyline, but we’re a long way from the point at which that feels especially plausible.

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53 Comments

  1. baseballpun

    5 years ago

    From Dark Knight to Royal Knight?

    I’ll show myself out.

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    • krillin89

      5 years ago

      Aye oh

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    • Al Hirschen

      5 years ago

      More Like a royal flush of a career

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      • KingRyan227

        5 years ago

        Love it

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  2. reflect

    5 years ago

    You know how the saying goes: If you can’t beat them, spend 5 years suffering from health and maturity issues, then join them

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    • findingnimmo

      5 years ago

      Ha!

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    • slowcurve

      5 years ago

      A (knight’s) tale as old as time.

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  3. Mrtwotone

    5 years ago

    Watch him post ace like numbers in KC. Lol no probably not but crazier things have happened

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    • baseballpun

      5 years ago

      He and Trevor Rosenthal will anchor the “Comeback Player of the Year” bullpen collection.

      Reply
  4. Captain-Judge99

    5 years ago

    Royal flush? I wish you the best in KC Harv. I’d rather play for the Dodgers taxi squad then the Royals

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    • baseballpun

      5 years ago

      KC Matt-erpiece.

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    • bucketbrew35

      5 years ago

      He was already ‘flushed’ out of New York and Anaheim.

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    • mdunkel

      5 years ago

      Cegmuster at least with the Royals you know you are going get a Champion after years of disappointment. All the Dodgers give you is disappointment unless you like being runner up? 32 years and counting for you.

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    • BStevens

      5 years ago

      Says the Dodger guy without a WS since 88

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      • Begottenson

        5 years ago

        Really thank you

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  5. PapiElf

    5 years ago

    He could be a younger Ian Kennedy. Used as their 8th-inning man.

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    • baseballpun

      5 years ago

      “From Cy Young to Young Ian Kennedy: The Tragedy of Matt Harvey”

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  6. seth

    5 years ago

    “If you brake it, you buy it.”

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    • seanwh01

      5 years ago

      Haha yes the royals completely broke Harvey in the World Series in 2015. He never recovered from that. Surprised he’d join the team that did that to him, but he seems like a bigger person now and KC will welcome him.

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      • dcart1021

        5 years ago

        Like he has a lot of options. He had a 7 spot ERA in the majors last year and has a reputation for being difficult. He has to go wherever he’s wanted.

        I’m more curious about what the Royals see in him.

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    • seth

      5 years ago

      Dayton loves reclamation projects.

      Reply
  7. Sonny 3

    5 years ago

    Why now sign Cashner. He would be a great closer. Still throwing high 90’s

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    • mlb1225

      5 years ago

      Cashner averaged 94.2 MPH on his fastball and hasn’t averaged above 95 since 2015.

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  8. prov356

    5 years ago

    Man, Matt Harvey…he was painful to watch on the Angels. I hope he can turn it around. He was awful for us.

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  9. DarkSide830

    5 years ago

    not a surprise after Sparkman’s last outing

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  10. TLB2001

    5 years ago

    We broke him, maybe we can fix him?

    #worldseriescomvp

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    • Al Hirschen

      5 years ago

      Spaz Harvey

      Reply
  11. flyingblindsquirrel

    5 years ago

    Good move, Matt. You’re already a hero in KC.

    Reply
  12. Captain-Judge99

    5 years ago

    For crying out loud where have you gone Jason Isringhausen?

    Reply
  13. Jeff Zanghi

    5 years ago

    He’s definitely getting more than his share of chances. But I guess it makes sense given how truly great he was before injuries and what not took their toll. I’m always a fan of ‘comeback stories’ so I wish him the best and hope he does find a way to ‘reinvent himself’ so to speak. Would be a nice story if he can find a way to be a valuable ML pitcher again. And like the article says he is only 30 years old… so who knows if he can find a way to ‘reinvent himself’ maybe he could pull a ‘Bartolo Colon’ and actually make a decent run for several more years and somewhat salvage what once was such a promising career.

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  14. Halo11Fan

    5 years ago

    I wish him the best. Rich Hill and Joe Blanton had pretty good careers after getting cut by the Angels.

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    • GareBear

      5 years ago

      Blanton also started to turn it around in the Royals pen too.

      Reply
  15. angt222

    5 years ago

    Always thought he could reinvent himself as a relief Ace. Hopefully this works out for him!

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    • Angels & NL West

      5 years ago

      I concur that the bullpen may be a better place for Matt right now. Work on two pitches. Have some success. And build from there.

      Last years seven handle ERA is deceptive. As an Angels fan, I can tell you it felt like 9+… on par with Tim Lincecum’s outings in an Angels uniform.

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  16. metsfan68

    5 years ago

    Is there a nightlife in k.c.?…. Either way the guys a waste of time….dark knight my … More like black cloud….well at least he won’t get booed from the home crowd

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    • stymeedone

      5 years ago

      I forget. What’s a crowd?

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    • GareBear

      5 years ago

      Bitter much?

      Reply
  17. HalosHeavenJJ

    5 years ago

    Big week for Harvey. First a couple of home runs he gave up last July finally landed now this.

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  18. metsfan68

    5 years ago

    Pretty hilarious when you look back at the chant of HARVEEEEEYS BETTER, when he faced Strasburg.

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  19. neo

    5 years ago

    when someone says, “I don’t like to live with regret” and also “I would do some things differently,” I always wonder if that person realizes what kind of denial and contradiction they are straining to maintain in his or her outlook, or if they have lost all sanity and nothing is rational any longer in that person’s mind.

    Hopefully he embraces the suck and just owns his mistakes. Or perhaps he doesn’t speak in literal terms and he only figuratively doesn’t like to have regrets.

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    • GareBear

      5 years ago

      Or maybe he has changed his lifestyle for the better and works on being better rather than regretting what he can’t change. Being trapped by your past is a much more destructive mindset than a forward looking one.

      Reply
  20. Enzosrevenge

    5 years ago

    Carson Palmer should stop this…

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  21. minny505

    5 years ago

    Thoracic Outlet Surgery looks to be the kiss of death on a big-league pitcher’s career these days. It’s unfortunately becoming more common with seemingly a surgery a year at the MLB level and the recovery history is not good.

    Reply
  22. cygnus2112

    5 years ago

    Homer Bailey Part Deux?

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  23. James Midway

    5 years ago

    Why would they do that? They better score a lot of runs when he pitches

    Reply
  24. Ducky Buckin Fent

    5 years ago

    Angels fans.

    What was his velocity like last season?

    merci

    Reply
  25. 99 Captain Judge

    5 years ago

    Dark Knight Mid-West

    Reply
  26. yamsi1912

    5 years ago

    Have fun with that KC

    Reply
  27. pappyvw

    5 years ago

    He had success in Cincinnati and was a solid teammate to all, according to player comments. I was surprised the Reds didn’t re-sign him. Then, I saw his numbers for the Angels and was glad the Redlegs let him go.

    Reply
  28. Begottenson

    5 years ago

    Good for him , now don’t go play .. with the positive COVID test will the season even go on at this point pass a few more days

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  29. metsfan68

    5 years ago

    At least with a 60 game season you cut harvey after 5 starts and can say you had him for a half of a season

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  30. Dutch Vander Linde

    5 years ago

    He will be released by august

    Reply
  31. phenomenalajs

    5 years ago

    Interesting that Matt Harvey becomes a Royal the same day Patrick Mahomes becomes a part owner of the team. Mahomes grew up a Met fan.

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