Ketel Marte Frustrates Diamondbacks With Opt-Out Days as $116.5 Million Trade Questions Grow
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 8
Ketel Marte Frustrates Diamondbacks With Opt-Out Days as $116.5 Million Trade Questions Grow
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 8
Summary
Ketel Marte has frustrated parts of the Diamondbacks organization by choosing rest days, including sitting out last week’s Dodgers game before returning the next day with a walk-off home run.
Lower-back and hamstring issues contributed to the latest absence, though the report said the decision was also partly Marte’s as he tried to avoid aggravating the injuries.
The tension is not new: teammates previously objected to trying to plan around his requested off-days near the All-Star break, prompting an apology.
Trade speculation could intensify ahead of the Aug. 3 deadline because Arizona explored moving Marte last winter despite his six-year, $116.5 million deal running through 2030.
Marte remains a valuable but more complicated asset, hitting .250 with 11 homers and a .754 OPS in 60 games while offering experience at second base, shortstop and center field.