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The Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a deal with free-agent starter Matt Harvey, according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. 

The deal is for one-year and $11 million, per The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal. Harvey could end up making as much as $14 million next season with performance bonuses, reports Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. 

Harvey, who turns 30 in March, drew interest from multiple teams during his first foray into free agency this winter but he'll head to Anaheim looking to revitalize his career. Harvey was traded from the New York Mets to the Cincinnati Reds last season. New York designated Harvey for assignment after he rejected a demotion to the minors.

Harvey was a star with the Mets early in his career. He was an All-Star in 2013 and helped the team win the National League pennant in 2015 after missing the previous season recovering from Tommy John surgery. He has declined in recent seasons, largely because of injuries. Since the start of the 2016 campaign, he has a 5.39 ERA (76 ERA+) in 68 games. But with the Reds, he was able to rediscover some of the velocity that he lost after the Tommy John surgery and thoracic outlet syndrome. His fastball averaged 92.6 mph with the Mets but 94.4 mph with Cincinnati.

Harvey was originally drafted by the Angels in the third round of the 2007 draft out of high school, but didn't sign and went on to pitch at the University of North Carolina, getting drafted by the Mets as the No. 7 overall pick in 2010.

Harvey will try to revitalize his career in the American League as part of an Angels rotation that features left-handers Andrew Heaney and Tyler Skaggs. The Angels non-tendered right-handers Matt Shoemaker and Blake Parker, plus Shohei Ohtani is out and Garrett Richards is heading to San Diego.

The Angels finished 2018 with an 80-82 record and missed the playoffs for a fourth straight season. The team has tried to be aggressive this offseason, especially when it comes to starting pitching. The Angels reportedly made runs at free agents Patrick Corbin and Nathan Eovaldi, only to watch them sign elsewhere.