I think this is it for the streak, unless it goes to extras and the Rays get like 7 more ABs
― ✖, Friday, 1 October 2021 02:10 (two years ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/news/wander-franco-first-mlb-season-recap
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
everything people say about him is true. he comes to the plate and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. just total fight or flight response. him and arozarena are such an incredible 1-2 punch.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/news/wander-franco-deal-takeaways-for-rays
Pretty smart for most any franchise, I'd say, but will Tampa Bay ever support a team?
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 November 2021 04:13 (two years ago) link
it’s so crazy that when this massive 10 year contract is finally finished he’ll be….. 30 years old
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 25 November 2021 08:38 (two years ago) link
sorry 31
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 25 November 2021 08:47 (two years ago) link
Misread the headline, like the jewelry was found on his person!
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34280374/tampa-bay-rays-wander-franco-loses-650k-jewelry-stolen-vehicle
― clemenza, Saturday, 23 July 2022 03:37 (one year ago) link
Off to a phenomenal start, will be MVP by 2023, possibly.
― clemenza, Monday, 3 April 2023 15:33 (one year ago) link
.379/.438/.793, 3 2B, 3 HR, 3 BB, 3 K
he's no bryan reynolds, but that's a good week
― mookieproof, Saturday, 8 April 2023 21:52 (one year ago) link
benched two games for “not being the best teammate”
― na (NA), Thursday, 22 June 2023 21:19 (nine months ago) link
hmm
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 June 2023 21:38 (nine months ago) link
Hadn't heard anything about this, but a little more detail:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37900384/rays-bench-wander-franco-way-handled-frustration
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/wander-franco-benched-rays-kevin-cash/giz94cpshg2o8fjx7sjhqjmb
― clemenza, Thursday, 22 June 2023 21:44 (nine months ago) link
Royals just tied it up. You always hope the benching team takes the W to save any awkwardness. Let’s go Rays <3
― hrep (H.P), Friday, 23 June 2023 01:12 (nine months ago) link
Obviously, the public gets just a bit of the story. One thing a guy said on Sportsnet up here tonight--an ex-player I don't remember at all--is that to get this far, the players themselves would have asked for something to be done. I hope it's all forgotten quickly; Franco seems like a very affable Lindor kind of player from the little I've seen of him.
― clemenza, Friday, 23 June 2023 01:24 (nine months ago) link
from clemenza's post on the rolling mlb thread:
A person very close to the investigations into the case of Wander Franco: "It will be very unlikely that Wander Franco will play in MLB again, judging by the results of the investigations that are currently being carried out, which directly commit him to the accusations against… https://t.co/Yn5CGckJgE— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) August 17, 2023
just thought i'd put it here, too. god, fucking horrible. i don't think i ever saw franco play a game (i only knew him from stats, prospect hype and highlight reels), don't think i ever will and that's a good thing.
― i wanna post cool stuff, slick stuff, neat stuff (z_tbd), Thursday, 17 August 2023 14:58 (eight months ago) link
I'd bet a large sum of money at this point that everything's true. These things never end with "Never mind, everyone, false alarm."
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 August 2023 15:12 (eight months ago) link
i very much believe it's true. franco, the team, and mlb's relative silence on the issue speaks volumes. the social media photos i saw, alone, tell the story, and the one thing that throws that into doubt (photoshops, ai, deepfakes, etc) doesn't apply when there are real investigations, complaints, lawsuits being filed.
good riddance, franco. you missed you stupid fucker
― i wanna post cool stuff, slick stuff, neat stuff (z_tbd), Thursday, 17 August 2023 15:17 (eight months ago) link
Jesus Christ.
Enrique and @JuanRecioM with the facts: Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been officially summoned by police to appear for questioning at 11 a.m. Thursday, per sources. Franco is under investigation by police and MLB for alleged inappropriate relationships with minors. https://t.co/6g4w5ScTkv— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 27, 2023
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Wednesday, 27 December 2023 20:31 (three months ago) link
plural is it
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 December 2023 20:35 (three months ago) link
He no-showed his summons, his lawyers claim to have been dismissed and he is apparently on the run?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 December 2023 18:12 (three months ago) link
Fucking hell
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Thursday, 28 December 2023 18:16 (three months ago) link
Franco seems like a very affable Lindor kind of player from the little I've seen of him.― clemenza, Thursday, June 22, 2023 9:24 PM (six months ago)
Back when his biggest problem was getting benched for "not being a good teammate."
― clemenza, Thursday, 28 December 2023 19:35 (three months ago) link
Something tells me this is not Josh Giddey bad but far far worse - with enough incidents and concerns to warrant this type of action in the DR
― octobeard, Friday, 29 December 2023 02:20 (three months ago) link
Wander Franco Update:After being interrogated by prosecutors, Wander Franco is now under arrest at Puerto Plata. https://t.co/5xSfIC4OsI— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) January 1, 2024
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Monday, 1 January 2024 20:11 (three months ago) link
Career over
― omar little, Monday, 1 January 2024 20:23 (three months ago) link
Passan clarifies:
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was arrested earlier today for no-showing his Thursday meeting with the prosecutor investigating him for alleged relationships with underaged girls, sources told @JuanRecioM. More news and context, free at ESPN: https://t.co/BEYOtnlOFN pic.twitter.com/zYg8sL2o3r— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 1, 2024
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Monday, 1 January 2024 22:17 (three months ago) link
Cursed thread title
― H.P, Monday, 1 January 2024 23:04 (three months ago) link
trulyWith that said…the Yankees, dodgers, Red Sox, giants, cubs, astros, Mets: all of them can’t miss , will win WS by 2036 easy
― z_tbd, Monday, 1 January 2024 23:28 (three months ago) link
What’d the Mets ever do to you?
― H.P, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 00:26 (three months ago) link
i felt guilty about including that as soon as i submitted lol
basically i'm just including teams that occasionally get to spend as much as they want on players. but dang the mets have had some real heartbreakers over the years. so to reverse curse fix this i'm gonna also say the mets will surely miss, will definitely break some hearts in 2024
― z_tbd, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 00:31 (three months ago) link
Still flabbergasted the 2023 Mets team ended up having a losing season. That plus the Orioles taking the highest wins in mlb have to be the two strangest win-loss balances of the season
― H.P, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 00:39 (three months ago) link
Sorry, in the AL, forgot about those pesky Braves (selective memory)
― H.P, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 00:40 (three months ago) link
What is there to say? Unbelievably bleak
In this story are allegations that Tampa Bay shortstop Wander Franco paid off the mother of an underaged girl with whom Franco had a relationship. Additionally, @Martinrodriv reported, citing law enforcement documents, that the girl was 14 at the time. https://t.co/5yU8zywHDZ— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 4, 2024
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Thursday, 4 January 2024 07:44 (three months ago) link
details are getting worse and worse
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39340208/wander-franco-investigation-mlb-details
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 January 2024 02:41 (two months ago) link