Ketel Marte’s red-hot season just earned him a well-deserved All-Star nod as the Arizona Diamondbacks star was named as a National League All-Star finalist at second base, the MLB announced on Thursday.
Losing right fielder Corbin Carroll to a fractured wrist does not mean the Diamondbacks are certain to sell at the trade deadline. But it does mean avoiding that outcome will be more difficult, a reality Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen acknowledged this week.
“For sure, it’s going to hurt,” Hazen said. “I feel like we have other good players to step in. I feel like this team was operating in a way where it would win games 8-4.