Astros slugger gaining attention as early trade candidate amid hot start to campaign
Could this Astro get traded?
Astros slugger gaining attention as early trade candidate amid hot start to campaign originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Around Major League Baseball, some teams just haven't played the type of ball that was expected of them coming into the season.
At the top of that list is the Houston Astros , which sit at 11-19 and 3-7 over their last 10. This has been as bad of a start as anybody could have imagined for the Astros, though there's reason to believe that it can help the future of this organization if the front office does what's needed at the trade deadline. It's rather obvious that things aren't going to be what they once were in Houston, and the only way to fix that is by moving on from some veteran guys.
One of those players would be Christian Walker, who had one of his worst seasons as a professional a season ago, his debut year with the Astros. Fast forward to 2026, and Walker is seemingly back on track with a . 291 batting average and seven home runs with 23 RBIs in 103 at-bats.
Entering the next few months, he's already being viewed as an early trade candidate. “Christian Walker is having a serious bounce-back season for Houston. Last season, he slashed .