Arizona Diamondbacks Place Second Baseman Ketel Marte on Restricted List Amid Team's Disag
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The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed second baseman Ketel Marte on the restricted list, the club announced on Monday night prior to their road game against the Boston Red Sox. In a corresponding move, the Diamondbacks recalled infielder Jose Fernandez from Triple-A.
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Yahoo SportsBOSTON — The Arizona Diamondbacks made one last move ahead of their series against the Boston Red Sox, placing All-Star Ketel Marte on the restricted list and calling up infielder Jose Fernandez.
ESPND-backs put Marte on restricted list after no-show The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed Ketel Marte on the restricted list after the All-Star infielder failed to show up for Monday night's game against Boston.
Bleacher ReportThe Arizona Diamondbacks announced Monday they placed second baseman Ketel Marte on the restricted list ahead of their contest against the Boston Red Sox.
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The star second baseman did not make it to the contest between the Diamondbacks and the Boston Red Sox on Monday, according to MLB.com's Steve Gilbert. The Diamondbacks had hoped that Marte would make it up until close to game time, but that just wasn't the case.
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The move to the restricted list comes almost exactly one year after Marte publicly apologized for being away from the team after the 2025 All-Star break. Marte's absence followed an incident in which his in-season home was burglarized. Eventually, some of his Arizona teammates expressed frustration over his absences and off-day requests in the midst of a playoff race.
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Yahoo SportsThis isn't the first time the All-Star has been placed on the restricted list. Marte was previously placed on the list last summer after the All-Star break after failing to report back to the team amid ongoing issues outside of baseball, including the robbery of his home.
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Teams may place players on the Major League Baseball restricted list for unexcused, personal, or non-baseball reasons. Players on the restricted list are not paid and do not accrue MLB service time until returned to the roster.
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Yahoo SportsPlayers placed on the restricted list are those who become unavailable due to unexpected personal, legal or non-baseball reasons.
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Marte was placed on the restricted list after he failed to show up at Fenway Park for Monday night's game, the Arizona Republic reports. Marte is physically fine, according to the Republic.
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Bleacher ReportSteve Gilbert of MLB.com reported "Marte did not show up here at Fenway Park tonight and that is why he was placed on the restricted list."
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01 Yahoo Sports Ketel Marte was not with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night in Boston. It turns out that Marte just didn't show up to Fenway Park.
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02 Bleacher Report Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic added more details to the situation, noting Marte is not injured and the team planned on starting him for Monday's contest. With that as the plan, the lineup was not finalized until just minutes before the game was slated to start:
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03 CBS Sports Marte, 32, has not played up to his typical All-Star standards in 2026, but he was still enjoying a productive season for the contending D-backs.
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