Cleveland Indians avoid arbitration with five more players

And then there was Brandon Guyer.

Guyer remains unsigned, the only one of eight arbitration-eligible players to not reach agreement with the team. Five players agreed to contracts yesterday:

• Cody Allen - $7.25 million
• Bryan Shaw - $4.6 million
• Lonnie Chisenhall - $4.3 million
• Danny Salazar - $3.4 million
• Zach McAllister - $1.825 million

Trevor Bauer and Dan Otero agreed to terms on Thursday.

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