The New York Mets are sticking with Matt Harvey despite back-to-back poor starts against the Washington Nationals.

A demotion to the Minor Leagues, move to the bullpen or stint on the disabled list were reportedly all in play.

Terry Collins, Dan Warthen, John Ricco and Harvey huddled in the visiting manager's office at Nationals Park on Wednesday morning and Sandy Alderson joined via speakerphone from New York as the group deliberated the best course of action.

Harvey dropped to 3-7 and his ERA skyrocketed to 6.08 in 10 starts after he allowed five runs in five innings on Tuesday.

"We believe the best way to get him back is to have him keep pitching and keep making progress and stay up here in the big leagues," Ricco said.

"This guy is too big a piece to write him off, to flip him in the bullpen to where you've got to pick and choose when you might use him," Collins said.