Ketel Marte returns to Diamondbacks
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The 31-year-old found out about the burglary while in Atlanta for the All-Star game. “Not good to know you lose around $400,000, but you just gotta move on,” Marte said through his translator. Numerous items and pieces of jewelry were reportedly stolen, and no one was home at the time of the burglary.
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Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte was placed on the restricted list after his home was burglarized during the All-Star break.
The three-time All-Star broke down crying on the field in a June 24 game after a heckler at White Sox’s Rate Field made comments about his late mother, Elpidia Valdez, who died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic in 2017.
An incident at a baseball game in Chicago last month between the Diamondbacks and the White Sox got the attention of the sports world — and not in a good way.
Incidentally, Marte will get to play alongside Machado, the starter at third base, for the National League in the All-Star game. Fernando Tatis Jr. also earned an All-Star selection as an outfielder, but is on the reserves.