Wander Samuel Franco is a Dominican professional baseball infielder who is currently signed with the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Born on March 1st, 2001, Franco began playing baseball at a very young age. He designed his own path by playing at La Romana's Juan Marichal Complex and training with his uncle, Erick Aybar, a former MLB infielder, who taught Franco how to use his natural baseball instincts. More about Wander Franco
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At age 17, Franco signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as an international free agent. In 2019, he began his professional career with the Rookie-level Princeton Rays, where he quickly established himself as one of the team's standout players. During his stint there, Franco batted .327/.398/.487 with eleven doubles, four home runs, and 10 stolen bases in 245 plate appearances. He then went on to earn promotions to the Class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods and Class-A Advanced Charlotte Stone Crabs, where he continued to dominate.In total, we tracked 3268 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Wander Franco (2019 Bowman Chrome Wander Franco Mega Box Black Autograph 1/1 PSA 9 Auto 10 Rays) was sold in December 2020 for $25000.00 while the cheapest item (2020 WANDER FRANCO Bowman Paper Autograph Tampa Bay Rays Rookie Card RC) found a new owner for $0.99 in April 2023. The month with the most items sold (188) was August 2023 with an average selling price of $55.00 for an autographed item of Wander Franco. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2020 with $850.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $24.99 was October 2019. In average, an autographed item from Wander Franco is worth $119.99.
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Wander Franco placed on administrative leave, removed from Rays' roster as inves (03/28/24): Franco is under investigation for an alleged relationship with a 14-year-old girl in the Dominican Republic
Rays' Wander Franco released from jail as investigation into alleged relationshi (01/08/24): Prosecutors accused the Rays shortstop of 'commercial sexual exploitation' and paying off the victim's mother
Wander Franco conditionally released as investigation into alleged relationship (01/05/24): Prosecutors have accused the Rays shortstop of 'commercial sexual exploitation' and making payments to the girl's mother
Rays' Wander Franco awaits ruling from judge after D.R. prosecutors allege relat (01/05/24): Prosecutors have accused Franco of 'commercial sexual exploitation' and making payments to the girl's mother
Rays' Wander Franco arrested, prosecutors allege 'commercial sexual exploitation (01/04/24): Franco is also facing money laundering charges for alleged payments to a minor's mother
Rays' Wander Franco arrested, Dominican prosecutors allege 'commercial sexual ex (01/2024): Franco was arrested for his failure to appear at summons, not his alleged inappropriate relationships with minors
Rays' Wander Franco misses appearance with Dominican authorities as part of ongo (12/2023): The MLB All-Star is being investigated for potentially having inappropriate relationships with minors
Rays' Wander Franco under D.R. investigation for another alleged relationship wi (08/2023): The Rays' shortstop remains on administrative leave while MLB looks into related allegations
Rays' Franco on pace to score big in arb. pool (07/2023): Rays star Wander Franco is projected to get $896,755, according to WAR calculations through June 26 that Major League Baseball sent to teams, players and agents in a memo Friday that was obtained by The Associated Press.
Wander Franco homers in return to Rays lineup vs. Royals following multi-game be (06/2023): Franco was benched for a few days, but his coach and teammates has publicly voiced their support for the young shortstop
Batting Around: Who's the best shortstop in MLB? Wander Franco, Bo Bichette join (05/2023): There are plenty of All-Star-caliber shortstops in baseball; but who's the best?
Rays optimistic SS Franco (quad) can play opener (03/2023): Tampa Bay shortstop Wander Franco's MRI on his right quad yielded "favorable" results, Rays manager Kevin Cash said Sunday, and the club remains optimistic the star infielder will be able play Opening Day on Thursday against the Detroit Tigers.
Rays reinstate star SS Franco for series vs. Yanks (09/2022): Rays star shortstop Wander Franco was reinstated from the injured list ahead of Friday's game against the Yankees.
Rays' Franco suffers setback in hand rehab stint (08/2022): Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been removed from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham after suffering a setback with his ailing hand.
Rays shortstop Wander Franco has $650K in jewelry stolen from his Rolls-Royce du (07/2022): An AL championship ring and a Cuban link chain worth $300,000 were among the items reportedly taken from Franco's vehicle
Rays SS Franco returns after 23 games on IL (06/2022): The Rays activated Wander Franco from the injured list Sunday after the shortstop had missed the team's past 23 games.
Wander Franco lands on IL as Tampa Bay Rays lead American League in days lost to (05/2022): The Rays will be without both members of their starting middle infield for the time being
Every MLB team is seeking a José Ramírez (04/2022): The star third baseman — who agreed to a 5-year, $124M extension with the Guardians — created a blueprint for production followed by Wander Franco and others.
Wander Franco and the Tampa Bay Rays Are Ready to Repeat (03/2022): When he arrived in Tampa as a 20-year-old phenom, Franco already had an M.L.B. logo tattooed on his neck. That he would stick around was a foregone conclusion.
Rays top prospects 2022: Shane Baz takes top spot on list after Wander Franco's (01/2022): Baz is one of the top prospects in baseball and debuted in 2021
Franco signs $182-million, 11-year contract with Tampa Bay (11/2021): The Tampa Bay Rays are betting that Wander Franco's rapid development portends future superstardom.
2021 MLB playoffs: Rays' roster will churn after early exit, but Wander Franco p (10/2021): Baseball's former top prospect more than lived up to the hype in his first season, including in the ALDS
Wander Franco injury: First-place Rays put star rookie on 10-day injured list wi (09/2021): Franco suffered the injury running the bases Friday
MLB Power Rankings: There's a new No. 1 on our final list of June (06/2021): Even Wander Franco's arrival couldn't keep the Rays on top. Which West team took their place?
Wander Franco, MLB's top prospect, looks ready for the majors; but when will he (03/2021): The 20-year-old clobbered a spring training homer earlier this week
Rays top prospects 2021: Wander Franco, baseball's No. 1 minor leaguer, headline (12/2020): The Rays still have baseball's top prospect
Top 50 MLB prospects 2020: Ranking Wander Franco, Jo Adell and the rest of baseb (11/2019): Here are the best prospects in baseball as we head into 2020
Tampa Bay Rays top prospect list 2020: Wander Franco, baseball's top prospect, l (10/2019): The Rays have arguably the best system in baseball