Dodgers tender contracts to 10 arbitration-eligible players

Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty ImagesThe deadline for Major League Baseball teams to tender contracts to those eligible for arbitration was Friday night at 5 p.m. PT. The Dodgers handed out those contracts to all eligible players, except switch-pitching reliever Pat Venditte, who was designated for assignment Wednesday.

Venditte was non-tendered, making him a free agent.

The Dodgers reportedly avoided arbitration with Tony Cingrani, signing him to a one-year contract earlier today.

The team and the remaining nine players will have until January 11 to exchange salary numbers and agree on a contract amount. If not, the two parties will head to an arbitration hearing to decide how much the…