Walker missed more than a month last season with Arizona because of a strained left oblique muscle. He joined the Astros on a three-year, $60 million contract during the offseason. Advertisement ...

Walker missed a month last season with a left oblique strain. He left a July 29 game with the injury and did not return to Arizona’s lineup until Sept. 3. The oblique muscle runs down the side ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker returned Tuesday from the injured list after missing more than a month with a strained left oblique muscle. He was ...

Walker missed more than a month last season with Arizona because of a strained left oblique muscle. In his first four spring training games for Houston, Walker was 4 for 8 with three doubles.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The Houston Astros are “optimistic” that first baseman Christian Walker will be ready for opening day in his recovery from a sore oblique muscle, manager Joe Espada ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker was scratched from the lineup for a spring training game Wednesday because of soreness in his left oblique.