He was all for the Greinke trade but did not like the Shields trade based on how much they gave up. He loved Wil Myers. He did admit he was wrong later on though.

Holy shit these age of consent laws are so creepy, even in some developed countries.

https://wisevoter.com/country-rankin...nt-by-country/

I guess Elvis did something like that, in the 1950s. Will be interesting to see how MLB thinks about an appropriate punishment.

Did you just now realize this?

Correct.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MLB is looking into the social media posts and has yet to verify the information. This early in the process, without confirmed facts, Franco could be placed on the restricted list or administrative leave. The Rays, when asked about Franco not being on the plane, declined comment.</p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1690928261646176256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That's not what playing ball in the minor leagues means, Franco.

Scratch that. He's already eligible I believe.

If this dude has been with a 14 year old, no baseball writer is going to vote him in for GG.

Anyone know more to this story?

My quick perusing of Reddit suggested this sounds more scandalous than it actually is.
1. Wander was 22 at the time
2. The girl and her mother told Wander she was 18
3. Girl/Mom tried to blackmail Wander 200k and he refused

There's pictures out there of him kissing the girl. Those are going to be hard to get away from.

I hope he kept the text receipts of them admitting to lying about her age.

Managers and team coaches vote for the Gold Glove, not the writers.

She apparently has a baby.

She has pictures of herself drinking vodka and driving.

She also has dozens of Dominican ballplayers in her social media circle including the Marlins' Eury Perez.

Yeah - this isn't really "Wander is a predator" thing as much as it's a cautionary tale about sticking your dick in crazy.

I mean ultimately the law is the law and the PR over it is gonna be awful. But from a strict character standpoint, I don't think it says much about Franco apart from the fact that at 22 yrs old he likes to sleep with chicks that sure outwardly appear to be college girls.

This sounds like the advice I gave my cousins when they went off to college last year. Told the boys be careful what you stick your dick in.