CLEVELAND, Ohio - When the offseason finally began for the Indians, Chris Antonetti, trying to numb the pain of a Game 7 loss to the Cubs in the World Series, had another problem.
Antonetti and his front office looked at the list of available free agents and knew who their "in a perfect world' selections would be - first baseman Edwin Encarnacion and left-hander Boone Logan.
He also knew that the odds of it happening were about as slim as President Donald Trump deactivating his Twitter account.
"At the start of the offseason, I didn't think we had any chance to sign Edwin and Boone," said Antonetti, Indians president of baseball operations, "based on how well they'd performed and the price range they'd be in.