Mariners place Leonys Martin on DL, recall Stefen Romero

Because hamstrings can be real jerksFor the second time in a week, the Seattle Mariners have lost a starter to the DL:

Martin suffered a strained hamstring while stealing second during the Mariners' 13-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. He initially attempted to play through it, but was removed from the game soon after.

This is a particularly tough break for Martin. After getting out to a bit of a slow start at the plate in 2016, Martin suddenly transformed into a hitting machine, slashing .320/.368/.533 with a 159 wRC+ in the month of May. With his defense as stellar as ever, Martin found himself at 1.7 WAR through 44 games, well on pace to beat out his career high mark of 3.5 in…