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Cleveland Indians non-tender right-hander Jeff Manship; eight others offered contracts

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Indians had nine players eligible for arbitration and all but one of them was offered a contract for 2017 before Friday's deadline.

Right-hander Jeff Manship was the only player not tendered a contract. Manship, 31, went 2-1 with a 3.12 ERA in 53 games last season. In three appearances in the postseason, Manship threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

Manship will become a free agent Friday at midnight.

The eight players who were tendered contracts were Lonnie Chisenhall, Bryan Shaw, Cody Allen, Danny Salazar, Trevor Bauer, Brandon Guyer, Zach McAllister and Dan Otero.