WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Members of the 2017 Astros and their families are receiving death threats following their roles in the electronic sign-stealing scandal that’s overtaken baseball, prompting concern for the team’s safety during the regular season.

The club’s annual spring training meeting with the Major League Baseball Players Association ran for more than three hours Friday. Those in attendance said most of the talk centered around adequate protection for the players and their families while on the road this season.

“We have to trust the PA,” shortstop Carlos Correa said. “They’re the ones that have to protect us. And we have to trust them. Hopefully when we go on the road, we’re protected.

Under normal, regular-season circumstances, the Astros have at least one full-time security official with them on all road trips — director of security Armando Jurado. Police officers from the visiting city are often present around the club, too. Bigger postseason trips often warranted more protection.

In light of the sign-stealing scandal’s wide fallout and reaction, the Astros are preparing to add additional security on each regular-season road trip this season and will make other services available to players’ families who accompany them.

Both Correa and outfielder Josh Reddick confirmed Friday they and their families have gotten threats on their lives since MLB released its investigative findings Jan. 13.

“Everybody in here is getting death threats,” Correa said after Friday’s workout. “It feels like when you open social media these days, it’s the norm. You don’t see positive comments anymore. You just see ‘If you come to New York, you better watch out. Your wife better watch out.’ They start talking about raping, killing all this stuff.”

Asked if he was subject to threats, third baseman Alex Bregman declined comment. A’s pitcher Mike Fiers, who revealed Houston’s sign-stealing scheme during an interview with the Athletic last year, acknowledged to the San Francisco Chronicle on Thursday that he’s also received threats on his life.

Threats toward the Astros have extended beyond the ballplayers themselves. Correa said his wife was targeted. So did Reddick, who also said his twin sons have been included in some menacing messages or comments.

“I’m not the only one,” Reddick said. “I’ve heard it from several of these guys in here that they’re getting the same kind of comments on their stuff. Even sometimes it’s not even (sent by) messages.

“I put a post about my kid rolling over for the first time and I look down and see ‘I hope your kid gets cancer.’ It really makes me want to see that person in person and see what they would do when you put your face to their face. … It pisses you off.”

Reddick’s worries extend beyond the field. The Astros often stay at the same hotels in cities they frequently visit. Fans are often aware of their tendencies — like what time the buses depart and arrive — and often surround the hotel entrance seeking autographs or photographs.

“With me having almost 5-month-old boys, it’s going to be scary because my wife is going to want to come on a lot of the road trips for, one, to have my help to raise them and do the parenting thing,” Reddick said. “It’s definitely something you can think about every night.”

Reddick has since limited access to his Twitter messages and allowed only comments from those who follow him. Instagram gives users the option to decline messages sent by unknown others. It’s done little to relieve Reddick’s plight.

“You don’t even have to open a message nowadays,” Reddick said. “The first things in your suggested boxes just says ‘I will kill your family. I will kill your kids.’ It’s really depressing to read (because) it’s over a game of baseball. It’s not worth that kind of drastic measure.”

Reddick said the Astros do have avenues for players to report threatening behavior. Correa said he received death threats earlier in his career — first in 2015 after committing a crucial error during Houston’s collapse against the Kansas City Royals in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.

Last season, animosity came after Correa’s walk-off home run against the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. In Correa’s eyes, efforts to send the threats to Major League Baseball are “not going to get anywhere.”

“We look to the PA as the people who are supposed to protect us,” Correa said. “We want to rely on them. They’re going to do what’s best for us as an organization. That’s what we want, for them to make sure that what’s posted out there on social media is the truth and facts.

“There’s a lot of stuff that was posted that wasn’t true. I think that the MLBPA should address those lies. We just focus on this upcoming year and we want to be able to win another championship.”

Asked to specify the “lies” he spoke of, Correa reiterated comments he made last week when defending Jose Altuve. When onlookers criticize the team for participating in the trash can banging scheme during 2017 “that shouldn’t hurt us. We should take that.”

“When it’s false statements, that’s a problem, because people believe whatever is posted out there,” Correa said. “Just a lot of misinformation out there. But I can’t address that on Twitter. I can’t address that on Instagram. I can’t address that anywhere because I’ll get death threats. I’ll get people talking about my wife and my family and you just want to stay out of it. If we can’t do that, then the PA has to do it for us.”

Reddick anticipated an annual spring meeting with club security would occur “in the next day or two.” The team wanted to get face-to-face with the players association as a first step.

“Based on some of the commentary, there’s a heightened sense of concern to make sure that themselves and their families are protected,” MLBPA executive director Tony Clark said after the meeting concluded.

Both Correa and Reddick were optimistic after the meeting adjourned. Reddick felt it got the team “back on the same page” with the players association.

“It was a good meeting,” Correa said. “We got to say a lot and I think we’re going to meet again. There’s so much you can cover in a three-hour meeting, but we still want to meet and talk more about the situation.”

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