Wander Franco was missing from the Rays lineup on Sunday against the Guardians for a routine rest day according to manager Kevin Cash. Star shortstop Wander Franco didn’t play for the Rays ...

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, left, reacts after hearing his sentence during his trial on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Thursday, June 26, 2025.

Wander Franco did not show up for his 11 a.m. questioning Thursday after being summoned following allegations of inappropriate relations with underage girls, according to ESPN.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, center, is escorted by police to court in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernández) ...

Franco started Sunday’s game in the Rays’ dugout, then left it in the fifth inning. Sunday’s promotion at Tropicana Field was the Wander Franco Snapback Hat for fans 14 and under.

The attorney for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco says he will ask the court to exonerate his client of all charges in a sexual abuse case involving a girl who was 14 years old at the time ...

Wander Franco was accused of having a four-month relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time and of transferring thousands of dollars to her mother to consent to the illegal relationship.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been formally charged by authorities in the Dominican Republic over allegations he sexually abused a teenage girl. Franco was once the No. 1 prospect in ...

Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop charged in a sexual abuse case, was found guilty but received a suspended sentence.

Franco, who turned 24 on March 1, was in his third major league season when his career was halted in August 2023. He agreed to an 11-year, $182 million contract in November 2021.

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was convicted of sexually abusing a child and handed a two-year suspended sentence Thursday. Franco was ...