The Phillies signed Walker to a four-year, $72 million deal ahead of the 2023 season, viewing him as an experienced back-end rotation starter who could eat innings. After making the All-Star team ...

At the house where Christian Walker grew up, the one-car garage had turf on the floor and a net standing inside. “Because if it was snowing,” said Julie Signorovitch, Walker’s mother, “you ...