GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Every spring, there are players with lockers in the crowded clubhouses who are off the public radar. The cameras focus on the stars, core pieces and veterans, while other players quietly get in their daily work away from the Spring Training spotlight.
And then, some of those players prove critical to the season that follows.
"There's always going to be that somebody," Indians reliever Dan Otero said. "Good teams need those guys to step up. And we have such a good core group that those complementary players don't need to do above and beyond.