PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo used a parenting metaphor to explain his relationship with Ketel Marte in response to a recent report that the second baseman’s time-off requests were ruffling feathers in the organization.
Lovullo joined Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo on Friday and was asked if Marte is treated differently from other players as a star.
“It’s almost like parenting. People who say they treat their kids all the same, they’re lying,” Lovullo said. “You try to get the best version of each child and that requires different [strategies]."
Our sports experts, ABC15's Craig Fouhy and Collin Harmon, dive into the Marte situation and the response bubbling up on social media on the ABC15 Streaming App and in the player above.
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