Indians avoid arbitration with 3 players including Brandon Moss
CLEVELAND - The Indians have agreed to one-year contracts with outfielder Brandon Moss, right-hander Bryan Shaw and right-hander Josh Tomlin, avoiding arbitration.
Cleveland reached agreements with all six of its players in arbitration. The Indians agreed to deals with right-hander Carlos Carrasco ($2,337,500), left-hander Marc Rzepczynski ($2.4 million) and third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall ($2.25 million) on Thursday.
The Indians obtained Moss from Oakland in the first trade of the winter meetings last month, hoping to add power to their lineup. The 31-year-old outfielder batted .234 with 25 homers and 81 RBIs in 147 games for the Athletics last season.
Shaw went 5-5 with a 2.59 ERA last season in a career-high 80 appearances with two saves. Tomlin was 6-9 with a 4.76 ERA in 16 starts and nine relief appearances.
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