Cincinnati Reds: Why Matt Harvey should be re-signed

With plenty of talent testing the free agency waters this off-season, the Cincinnati Reds expect to be chasing after arms to shore up their weak starting rotation and bullpen. Could one of those pieces already be in the clubhouse?

In a mid-season trade with the New York Mets that sent injury-prone catcher Devin Mesoraco to the Big Apple, the Cincinnati Reds acquired troubled pitcher Matt Harvey. If this was 2015 when the Mets went to the World Series, you’d think it was a typo.

In the years since that 2015 runner-up finish to the Kansas City Royals, Harvey had gone from Cy Young hopeful to disgruntled distraction in the Mets clubhouse. His decline was a sharp one, which led to the eventual…