Astros manager A.J. Hinch spoke to his team after one of the losses in Arlington last week, although it wasn’t a formal gathering where everyone was seated at their locker. The message was encouragement.
“We have meetings all the time that people don’t know about,” Hinch said Saturday. “Titling them team meetings is a little bit grand and a little bit for show. I interact all the time with these guys, our coaches do. I’ve had a few team meetings that nobody knows about which is fine, they’re not supposed to know.
“We’re all in this together.