Rays shortstop Wander Franco will have to check in monthly with Dominican Republic court officials while awaiting a hearing as the result of his latest legal issue, a judge ruled Wednesday. Franco, 23 ...

Franco was in the midst of 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.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is scheduled to go to trial Thursday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl. Now 23, Franco was having an All-Star ...

On Thursday, we heard that Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco had his trial in the Dominican Republic delayed until next June. The defense tried to get the court to reconsider the delay ...

December 12 - The trial of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, scheduled to start Thursday, was rescheduled to June 2, 2025, because of the lack of availability of witnesses. Franco is facing ...

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, right, and his lawyer Teodosio Jaquez arrive to court for Franco's trial on charges of sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against ...

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — The trial against Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who has been charged with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a ...