NEW YORK (AP) ¡ª NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets agreed to a $17 million  http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jers ey , one-year contract, a record raise for an arbitration-eligible player from his $7.4 million salary last year.The Mets reached deals with all six eligible players before Friday¡¯s scheduled exchange of salary figures. Starting pitchers Noah Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler and Steven Matz, outfielder Michael Conforto and catcher Travis d¡¯Arnaud also got contracts for 2019.DeGrom¡¯s figure set a mark for a pitcher eligible for arbitration for the third time. Syndergaard agreed to a $6 million deal, doubling his salary.The 30-year-old deGrom led the majors with a 1.70 ERA in 217 innings and was selected to his second All-Star Game. He was fifth in MVP voting after receiving little support on a fourth-place squad.The right-hander went 10-9 with 269 strikeouts in 32 remarkably consistent starts for a team that finished 77-85. He can become a free agent after the 2020 season if the Mets don¡¯t sign their electric ace to a multiyear contract by then.New York sounds open to a long-term deal under new general manager Brodie Van Wagenen, who was deGrom¡¯s agent before switching sides and taking the front-office job. Talks could take place soon, though Van Wagenen has said he¡¯ll recuse himself from negotiations involving deGrom to avoid a conflict of interest.Syndergaard went 13-4 with a 3.03 ERA in 25 starts last season but had some trouble staying healthy again. The right-hander logged only 30 1/3 innings in 2017 because of a torn lat muscle. Last year he missed time with a finger injury and an illness, finishing with 155 strikeouts and 39 walks in 154 1/3 innings.The 26-year-old Syndergaard, an All-Star in 2016, won five of his last six decisions and pitched the first two complete games of his career in September, including a shutout on the final day of the season.Syndergaard¡¯s name was often mentioned in trade talk early this offseason, with the Padres and Marlins among the teams said to be seriously interested. Van Wagenen didn¡¯t rule out such a move at first Drew Smyly Jersey , but eventually indicated the Mets plan to keep Thor at the front of a stingy rotation that is the foundation of the team.Finally healthy again last season, Wheeler ($5,975,000) is coming off a breakout performance in the second half. He was one of baseball¡¯s most dominant pitchers from July on, going 9-1 with a 1.68 ERA in his last 11 starts ¡ª at last fulfilling the considerable promise that made him the sixth overall pick in the 2009 amateur draft by San Francisco. He finished 12-7 with a 3.31 ERA and 179 strikeouts in 29 starts covering 182 1/3 innings.The right-hander, who turns 29 in May, missed two full seasons following Tommy John surgery in March 2015. He returned in 2017 but that season (3-7, 5.21 ERA) was cut short after 17 starts due to a stress reaction in his pitching arm. Still, he beat the Mets in salary arbitration last February and got a raise from $800,000 to $1.9 million instead of New York¡¯s $1.5 million offer.Wheeler can become a free agent after the upcoming season.The oft-injured Matz ($2,625,000) finally made it through a full major league season for the first time last year Brandon Morrow Jersey , going 5-11 with a 3.97 ERA in 30 starts. The lefty struck out 152 and walked 58 in a career-high 154 innings.Matz, the Mets¡¯ fourth starter, is 20-26 with a 3.98 ERA in 71 big league outings. The local kid from Long Island earned $577,000 last year and this was his first exposure to salary arbitration. Matz and the Mets are hoping he¡¯s ready to take a significant step forward on the mound.Conforto ($4,025,000), an All-Star in 2017, missed nearly all of spring training last year following shoulder surgery and got off to a punchless start at the plate. But he rebounded with a big second half and set career highs with 28 homers and 82 RBIs in 153 games. He batted .243 with a .797 OPS.The 25-year-old had nine homers and 29 RBIs in September. He made $605,094 last season and was eligible for arbitration for the first time.The oft-injured d¡¯Arnaud got $3,515,000 in a deal agreed to last month. The New York Mets are working on a strict timeline if they want to reach a new deal with starting pitcher Jacob deGrom.According to ESPN.com, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said there is a "mutual understanding" between the team and deGrom's representatives that he will not negotiate a deal during the season. That gives the two sides until Opening Day on March 28 to come to a potential agreement."There's no reason for a distraction to carry into the regular season  http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jers ey , and we'll continue to have dialogue over the course of this spring and see where those discussions lead," Van Wagenen said. "But the last thing either side wants to do is have this be a distraction once the season starts."The ESPN report noted deGrom avoided arbitration with a one-year deal worth $17 million for the 2018 campaign and has one year of arbitration remaining on his contract.Van Wagenen was deGrom's agent prior to becoming the general manager of the Mets, so there is already a relationship in place. He said it is a priority to ensure "there is no strained relationship" between the team and pitcher as negotiations continue.While New York could wait until next year to negotiate a new contract with the right-hander since he is not scheduled to hit free agency until 2020,Joel Shermanof theNew York Postreported deGrom's agent, Jeff Berry, sent a memo to players suggesting they should use analytics to create guidelines for their usage.Since some teams point to increased usage as injury risk while negotiating, the logic is deGrom could put in guidelines limiting his usage until he receives a new contract.New York would surely benefit from having him in the rotation for years to come after his brilliant 2018 season. He won the National League Cy Young with a 1.70 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 269 strikeouts, though he pitched a career-high 217 innings in a career-high 32 starts.Berry's suggestion adds a new wrinkle to the negotiations given deGrom's recent usage, but both sides are working under the timeline of Opening Day if a new deal is going to happen prior to next offseason.