The Astros placed first baseman Christian Walker on paternity leave Monday before the start of a three-game series against ...

The Houston Astros have placed first baseman Christian Walker on paternity leave ahead of their series against the Cleveland ...

The Astros called up Kenedy Corona from Sugar Land to replace Christian Walker, who will miss between one and three games on ...

The oblique muscle runs down the side of the body from the rib cage to pelvis. In the previous two seasons, Walker had played 160 and 157 games. He played in 130 games last season and posted a 121 ...

Walker signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks and, following the 2018 trade of Paul Goldschmidt to the St. Louis Cardinals, ...

However, after a strong performance against the Colorado Rockies and a record-setting weekend versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, ...

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

The Houston Astros made a major statement over the weekend with a dominating sweep over the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in their own bui ...

Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker flips the ball to first as the full team reports to spring training at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fl.

ST. LOUIS — Christian Walker wears his frustrations, a fact the Houston Astros have learned far too early in his tenure. Each unproductive at-bat elicits some emotion he can’t suppress, be it ...

Christian Walker went 8-for-42 across his next 12 games, negating whatever nirvana the superstition may have spurred. He averaged at least a 96.5 exit velocity during eight of those 12 contests, ...