The Red Sox placed Abreu on the 10-day injured list Monday with a strained left oblique. Abreu evidently suffered the injury during Sunday's win over the Yankees.

"This was really important for me after my injury—after the 'stab wound' in November—to get my core connection back and to work through the oblique muscle tearing," she says.

The internal oblique sits under the external oblique and is the most commonly injured abdominal or core muscle in baseball because it is the most activated core muscle during hitting and throwing.

What had been a precautionary approach to keep left fielder Ian Happ out of the Chicago Cubs lineup has now extended into the homestand.

Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. may miss at least six weeks with multiple oblique tears, a severe injury, leaving his New York future in doubt.

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Josh Norris revealed to reporters Saturday morning that a torn oblique muscle prevented him from returning to the Buffalo Sabres' lineup.

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Obliques are important for rotational athletes to improve mobility and strength.

Christian Walker missed a month of last season with a left oblique injury. Now, the Astros first baseman felt tightness in the same area at spring training.

— New Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker was scratched from the lineup for a spring training game because of soreness in his left oblique. Walker missed more than a month last season with ...