Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Starling Marte's world came undone tonight when he announced the sudden death of his wife Noelia on social media. She had sustained a broken ankle and was awaiting surgery when she suffered a heart attack. I have yet to see an account which provides her age, but she was a young woman whose daughter turned four over the weekend. This kind of tragedy is not unfamiliar to Marte. His mother died when he was only 9 years old. Now his daughter is without a mother as well as his seven year old son who shares his name.
Marte, now 31, was acquired by the D'Backs in January from the Pittsburgh Pirates where he had spent his entire professional career which began when he was a teenager in 2007 reaching the majors in 2012. Under normal circumstances baseball might be a welcome distraction, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put this season into doubt. The only solace in all this that Marte has his children and they have him. R.I.P.
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