CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When Dan Otero stepped off of the cruise ship, his phone service returned.
Along with it came waves of reaction from teammates about the Indians' addition of slugger Edwin Encarnacion.
"I was like, 'All right! I don't have to face him anymore!'" Otero said.
Cody Allen called his bullpen mate.
"The first thing he said is, 'Dude. We have Edwin,'" Otero said.
The $60 million (at minimum) investment created a buzz among Tribe players, who called or texted Chris Antonetti and Mike Chernoff to verify the reports.
Michael Brantley said he had "six or seven" texts from teammates before he saw the news on TV.