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Cleveland Indians face Friday night deadline to tender contracts to 9 arbitration-eligible players

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Indians already booted Chris Gimenez and Michael Martinez from their roster. Free agents Mike Napoli, Rajai Davis and Coco Crisp might find new residences this winter.

Who will be next to go?

Teams have until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday to decide whether to tender contracts for the 2017 season to players who are arbitration-eligible. Nine Indians players fall into that category: Cody Allen, Bryan Shaw, Lonnie Chisenhall, Brandon Guyer, Zach McAllister, Jeff Manship, Dan Otero, Danny Salazar and Trevor Bauer.

MLBTradeRumors.com projects the Indians' total cost for 2017 for the nine players will be about $29.