The big news surrounding the Cleveland Indians this weekend is the trade of Yan Gomes to the Washington Nationals.
The move was seemingly done to cut $7 million from the payroll, but money was also handed out by the Indians on Friday as contracts had to be tendered to those eligible for arbitration.
The deal that stood out to me was the one between the Indians and Danny Salazar.
That $4.5 million contract comes after Salazar didn’t appear in a single game in 2018. He has been missing time with injuries during this competitive run by the Indians, as 2015 was his last full season of work.