If Starling Marte returns to the New York ... who raised him since he was 9. Marte’s grandmother, Ponga Brigida, raised Marte in the Dominican Republic after his mother died early in his life.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets outfielder Starling Marte was placed on the bereavement list following the death of his grandmother, which came nearly two years to the day after his wife died of a ...

Starling Marte was starting to get hot when personal ... from the bereavement list on May 21 after mourning the loss of his grandmother, Ponga Brigida, who raised him and his two sisters, Marte ...