Right-handed starter Mike Pelfrey has agreed to a contract with the New York Mets, avoiding salary arbitration, according to a team source. The deal will pay Pelfrey $3.925 million during the upcoming season, and he can earn another $50,000 in performance bonuses, the source said. Pelfrey, who turned 27 last Friday, made $3.3 million in 2009 as part of his original deal after signing as a first-round pick in 2005. But he did not yet have enough service time last offseason to be arbitration-eligible, so his salary dipped to $500,000 this past year. He raced to a 9-1 start last season before a summer swoon, but nonetheless finished with a 15-9 record and 3.66 ERA while logging a career-high 204 innings. Pelfrey is eligible for free agency after the 2013 season. Angel Pagan and R.A. Dickey also are arbitration-eligible and are due to exchange salary figures Tuesday for a February hearing if there's no settlement. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6033813
