Later today, the Marlins will officially place Starling Marte on the 10-day injured list with a non-displaced fracture in his 12th rib. Christina De Nicola of MLB.com notices that he has gone down with several other core injuries during his career, though none of them with this specific diagnosis.
Whether Marte’s active roster spot goes to Lewis Brinson, Brian Miller or somebody else, they’ll have plenty of time to get acclimated, judging by how other MLB players have recovered from comparable injuries.
According to the Hitter Injury Dashboard created by Derek Rhoads, big leaguers Austin Hays, Carlos Correa, José Reyes, Craig Gentry, Jett Bandy, Troy Tulowitzki, Jason Giambi and Trevor Plouffe have suffered fractured or cracked ribs since 2010.