The New York Mets placed right fielder Starling Marte on the 10-day injured list Thursday due to migraines.
The designation is retroactive to Monday and no corresponding roster move was immediately announced.
Marte, 34, is hitting .254 with five home runs, 28 RBIs and 28 stolen bases in 84 games this season.
The two-time All-Star is a career .287 hitter with 147 homers and 593 RBIs in 1,336 games over 12 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, Miami Marlins, Oakland Athletics and Mets.
The transaction was announced during Thursday’s game with the visiting Chicago White Sox. Mets manager Buck Showalter had said before the game that he received “nothing but good news” about Marte’s evaluation with specialists on Wednesday and expected “to hear that he’s available today,” per amNY.com.
Instead, he missed his fourth game of the Mets’ last five. Mark Canha started in right field.
Left fielder Tommy Pham exited Thursday’s game with an apparent leg injury after grounding into a double play to end the third inning.
Pham went out to left to start the fourth inning but jogged back to the dugout. Canha went from right field to left, second baseman Jeff McNeil moved to right, and Luis Guillorme came in to play second.
Pham, 35, was 0-for-2 in the game and is batting .272 with nine homers and 35 RBIs in 74 games in his first season with the Mets.
–Field Level Media
