{"id":862138,"date":"2026-08-18T05:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862138\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T05:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:12:09","slug":"ketel-marte-doesnt-show-up-for-game-is-placed-on-restricted-list-by-arizona-diamondbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862138\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketel Marte doesn\u2019t show up for game, is placed on restricted list by Arizona Diamondbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BOSTON (AP) \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/arizona-diamondbacks\/253\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/arizona-diamondbacks\/253\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> have placed All-Star second baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/ketel-marte\/597026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/ketel-marte\/597026\" target=\"_blank\">Ketel Marte<\/a> on the restricted list after he went AWOL for the second straight season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Marte failed to show up for Arizona\u2019s game at Boston Monday night and manager Torey Lovullo was still searching for answers after it was over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a crazy day. All I know is that he\u2019s dealing with a personal issue \u2014 we\u2019re just trying to figure that out,\u201d Lovullo told reporters following the Diamondbacks\u2019 11-1 loss to the Red Sox. \u201cHe didn\u2019t show up today and he was put on the restricted list. That\u2019s as much as I know right now. I\u2019m sure in time we\u2019ll start to uncover some information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lovullo said he spoke to Marte Monday morning and afternoon trying to find out what was going on, but didn\u2019t get any answers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThere was very little coming back,\u201d Lovullo said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Marte traveled with the team to Boston and Lovullo thought he was still there, but wasn\u2019t certain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This wasn\u2019t the first time Marte had a strange disappearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Last season, he went on the restricted list when his home in Arizona was broken into during the All-Star break. He missed three games after flying back to his home in the Dominican Republic and later apologized for his absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI know there was a lot of discussions about it at different points of time in the clubhouse today \u2014 there was a lot of curiosity,\u201d Lovullo said. \u201cWe care for Ketel and once we knew he was OK, I think everybody relaxed and started to focus on the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A three-time All-Star, Marte is hitting .249 with 21 homers and 67 RBIs in 118 games this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Arizona recalled infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/jose-fernandez\/1299987\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/jose-fernandez\/1299987\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Fernandez<\/a> to fill Marte\u2019s roster spot. He was already in Boston in case third baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/nolan-arenado\/500816\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/nolan-arenado\/500816\" target=\"_blank\">Nolan Arenado<\/a> wasn\u2019t able to play after leaving Sunday\u2019s game against Atlanta with what the team called \u201ctrunk discomfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Arenado didn\u2019t play against the Red Sox, but his injury wasn\u2019t expected to be long term. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Marte\u2019s status \u2014 on the field and in the clubhouse \u2014 going forward is a bit foggier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI haven\u2019t got that far,\u201d Lovullo said. \u201cI need a good night\u2019s rest, a glass of wine and we\u2019ll think about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"> See AP\u2019s full MLB coverage here <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOSTON (AP) \u2014 The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte on the restricted list after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":["post-862138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}