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Ketel Marte Leaves Game Early With Left Hamstring Tightness

By Anthony Franco | June 22, 2021 at 11:01pm CDT

10:26 pm: Marte was removed due to left hamstring tightness, the D-Backs announced.

10:10 pm: Diamondbacks star center fielder Ketel Marte left this evening’s game against the Brewers in the first inning. He hit a double but appeared to favor his left leg as he ran the bases, notes Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic (Twitter link). Josh Reddick replaced Marte, with Pavin Smith moving from right to center field to accommodate Reddick’s entrance in right.

It’s a worrisome development for the D-Backs, who already lost Marte for six weeks earlier in the year due to a hamstring strain. His previous injury was to his right leg, while tonight’s appears to be to his left. When he has been healthy enough to take the field, the 27-year-old has been dynamic. Marte is hitting a fantastic .366/.415/.552 across 147 plate appearances this year. It’s a return to his 2019 form, when Marte finished fourth in NL MVP award voting, and a definitive bounce back from his average 2020 campaign.

Between his elite performance and the Diamondbacks league-worst 21-53 record, Marte has drawn plenty of attention from fans of other teams eyeing potential midseason upgrades. There’s been little indication the Arizona front office has any interest in moving Marte this summer, though. He’s guaranteed a modest $8MM in 2022 and controllable via cheap club options through 2024, so there’s no urgency for the D-Backs to part with him.

Indeed, general manager Mike Hazen seemed to cast doubt on a trade involving a player of Marte’s caliber last week. He didn’t explicitly rule out the possibility, of course, but Hazen spoke of “anchoring” the organization around a group of quality, controllable position players. Marte is precisely that type of player, so there’s not much evidence he’d be a particularly likely trade candidate, even if this latest injury doesn’t turn out to be a serious issue.

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  1. SoxRewl

    11 months ago

    Looks like Varsho might finally get daily starts between CF and C. Should be interesting to see if he can put it together once he starts seeing consistent playing time.

    Reply
    • Ghost of hermanfranks

      11 months ago

      D’Backs need a catcher that knows what teams on sitting on that’s for sure. Rojas makes everyone around worse. LouvEllo burns bullpens. Marte might be too strong quick twitch for his body, and will keep getting hurt. The weird part about this team it actually has pitching.

      Reply
  2. 15yearoldbaseballfanatic

    11 months ago

    Drat

    Reply
  3. bronxbombers

    11 months ago

    Starling Marte to Yankees confirmed

    Reply
    • mgomrjsurf

      11 months ago

      Where did you here that?

      Reply
      • bronxbombers

        11 months ago

        Sorry it was a joke since everybody is saying ketel Marte should go to the Yankees and now he’s hurt .

        Reply
  4. louiep

    11 months ago

    Man, he would look great in a mariners uni.

    O wait

    How many times have I said that

    Reply
    • Cey Hey

      11 months ago

      It would defeat the purpose as the still-building Mariners would have to give up a boatload to acquire him. At this time, it’s not realistic to think the Dbacks would trade him. Certainly not in-season.

      Reply
      • htrab77

        11 months ago

        I think the OP is likely referring to the fact that the Mariners had him, and traded him away; thus lamenting the trade now that Ketel has proven himself to have star potential (when healthy).

        Reply
        • hyraxwithaflamethrower

          11 months ago

          Could be worse. Could be a White Sox fan having to watch Tatis, Jr.’s career take off.

        • Cubbiesjz9

          11 months ago

          What’s worse is being a Cubs fan and watching Cease turn into a potential ace and Jimenez, when healthy, become a premier power bat.

  5. Ian Theodore Fanthemson

    11 months ago

    The biggest mistake the Braves will make is just focusing on the bullpen. They need to improve the offense.

    Maybe go for Gallen and Marte?

    NM, AA is GM. A good trade is not happening.

    Reply
    • retire21

      11 months ago

      A-OK

      Reply
    • RunDMC

      11 months ago

      Though COL are sellers, it’d be interesting to see them acquire Gallen when they already have Riley Pint & Zac Rosscup (nickname: Cup), then maybe add Seth Lugo (nickname: Quarterrican), then they’ll cover all the standard measurements.

      If only Taylor Teagarden was Teaspoon.

      Reply
      • Steve Nebraska

        11 months ago

        Didn’t you see, Pint is all poured out.

        Reply
        • RunDMC

          11 months ago

          Let me have this, Steve. Don’t ruin my dream of a rotation of standard measurements.

    • Steve Nebraska

      11 months ago

      It seems the Dbacks are not moving any of there young controllable pieces so it might be wise to get off the Gallen, Marte pipe dream.

      Reply
  6. awf111969

    11 months ago

    A couple shots of Ketel one should ease the pain

    Reply
    • adultsagainstthedh

      11 months ago

      No, Mr Fanthemson isn’t trading in his liver.
      Not this year.
      Not in season, anyway

      Reply
  7. hyraxwithaflamethrower

    11 months ago

    Don’t see why they would keep him, provided this injury isn’t serious. He’s playing great and is controllable for 3.5 more years. His trade value will only decrease. They are highly unlikely to compete in that time frame, so why keep him when trading him could provide a serious jumpstart to a rebuild?

    Reply
    • mlbnyyfan

      11 months ago

      Why would the Yankees trade for him? Marte too expensive. Yankees already made it clear they are on a budget.

      Reply
      • RunDMC

        11 months ago

        Gerrit Cole will be make almost $10M MORE in 1 season than Ketel Marte from 2022-24 (if NYY picks-up both his affordable options): $36M vs. $26.4M, while Marte has a 6.9 WAR season (2019) and Cole has had as high as a 6.7 WAR (2019) season, fwiw.

        I know starting pitching is important and all, but you can’t afford that because of contracts like Cole’s is a great illustration.

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      • hyraxwithaflamethrower

        11 months ago

        I never said the Yankees should trade for him. Where did you get that in my post? I just said the D’Backs shouldn’t keep him. There are several other teams in need of OF or 2B help.

        Reply
  8. Hudson6

    11 months ago

    Zac Gallen and Ketel Marte. Let’s see; 2 stars. Controlled 3.5 and 4.5 years. One is making MLB minimum and the other is being severely underpaid himself. Should be cheap, right?

    I mean Seattle could afford them both, for Kelenic and Rodriguez++. The Padres could with Gore and Abrams++. The Tigers with Torkelson and Greene++. Get it? These 2 guys have HUGE talent at rock-bottom pay. They will require a HUGE prospect cost.

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