Ketel Marte failed to show up at Fenway Park for the series opener against the Boston Red Sox earlier this week. Olivia Vega / MLB Photos via Getty ImagesAug. 22, 2026 10:31 am EDT Updated The lingering Ketel Marte no-show saga has taken another strange twist — this one apparently involving a roulette table.Video emerged on social media of the injured Marte gambling at a local casino on Friday night near the team’s complex at Salt River Fields, all while across town at Chase Field, his teammates on the Arizona Diamondbacks were fighting for a postseason berth without him.“He’s free to do whatever he wants,” manager Torey Lovullo told reporters after Arizona’s 9-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. “That’s how I look at it. As long as he wakes up tomorrow morning and posts, and gets his work done at Salt River, which I am certain he will, that’s all that matters to me right now.”This story will be updated.
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