Indians President Chris Antonetti Talks Donaldson, Injured Players and More; Four Takeaways

4. The Confidence the Donaldson Move Wouldn’t Shake Up the Locker Room

Adding Josh Donaldson was both a move that had some risk to it, not from the standpoint of what the Indians gave up (which was next to nothing) but the drama a move like it could cause in the locker room.

Antonetti was asked Sunday if a move like the Donaldson addition could have self-inflicted issues to it, like hurting the team from a cohesion stand point with bringing a player in so late into the season.

“I guess I would self-inflict may have a negative side to it. I guess I would view it the other way is that we view that we have a team that is capable of competing for a World Series and we wanted to do everything we could to fortify that,” Antonetti said.

“And we think that if Josh is able to come back and get healthy, play regularly and perform anywhere near his accustomed level, that helps us do that. And to have a group of guys that are so focused on that they’re willing to make some individual sacrifices to make that happen is something that we’ve experienced before going back to years past and I think it continues to be an element in the culture that Tito’s created.”

You can’t say that the Indians are not going all in to try and bring the organization and city a title with what the team has done over the last two days.

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