Detroit — For the record, AJ Hinch had a ham and cheese omelette, he didn’t stay for lunch and he was there just to deliver a baby present.
That’s the whole story behind the viral, under-the-table cell phone paparazzi snap of Hinch and free-agent shortstop Carlos Correa eating at a Tiny Boxwoods restaurant in Houston last week.
“I didn’t realize it was as big a deal as it was,” Hinch said on Monday after Eduardo Rodriguez’s introductory press conference at Comerica Park. “I was delivering a baby gift.”
Hinch and general manager Al Avila have been having dinners with several free agents over the past few weeks that were straight-up recruiting trips.