Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker was dominated out of Wednesday’s spring coaching recreation in opposition to the St. Louis Cardinals due to left indirect soreness.
Jon Singleton changed him within the beginning lineup in West Palm Seashore, Fla.
The Astros signed free agent Walker, 33, to a three-year, $60 million contract in December. He missed a couple of month final season with the Arizona Diamondbacks, leaving a July 29 recreation and returning to the lineup on Sept. 3, due to a left indirect pressure.
He additionally spent two separate stints on the injured checklist in 2021 due to a strained proper indirect.
Walker had 26 house runs with 84 RBIs and an .803 OPS in 130 video games final season, when he received his third consecutive Nationwide League Gold Glove Award. That got here one 12 months after he hit 33 house runs with a career-best 103 RBIs and an .830 OPS in 157 regular-season video games whereas serving to the Diamondbacks to a World Sequence berth.
A fourth-round choice by the Baltimore Orioles within the 2012 draft, Walker has 147 house runs and 443 RBIs with a .793 OPS in 832 video games over 10 main league seasons.
–Area Stage Media