Walker (oblique) said Sunday that he won't swing a bat for a few days before beginning a hitting progression later on during the upcoming week, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
Owner Jim Crane commented that Smith “could make the ballclub this year at some point." That point could come sooner than expected.
Astros newest slugger Christian Walker shared a truthful reaction to his oblique injury and how it compares to last season.
The Astros big offseason acquisition Christian Walker was forced to sit out a spring training game Wednesday due to an oblique strain.
Astros manager Joe Espada said Friday that an MRI on Walker's left oblique did not show a "strain or anything that we are concerned about," Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports. The Astros are still referring to the injury simply as left oblique soreness,
Former Arizona Diamondbacks Gold Glove winner and current Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker was scratched from Wednesday's lineup with left oblique soreness, according to the Houston ...
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