Ketel Marte returns to Diamondbacks after no-showing team: ‘A moment of frustration’

For the first time since going AWOL in Boston on Aug. 17 and later being placed on the injured list with a knee issue, Ketel Marte is in the Arizona Diamondbacks' lineup. The D-backs activated Marte off the injured list on Monday and he is in the lineup for the series opener with the Philadelphia Phillies, playing second base and batting cleanup.

"It's a moment of frustration," Marte said on Monday about leaving the team in Boston. "… I get along really well with (manager Torey Lovullo). In that instance, I failed him by not showing up. That morning I woke up, my body was in pain. No one made the decision for me. I'm the one who made the decision not to be there."

While on the injured list, Marte was spotted at a local casino at the same time the D-backs played a home game at Chase Field. Players on the injured list generally are not required to stay with the team or be in the dugout during games. At that point in his recovery, Marte was rehabbing his knee at the team's spring training complex early in the day.

Lovullo asked D-backs fans for patience with Marte…

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