The Brief Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is set to stand trial nearly two years after an investigation began in the Dominican Republic. Nearly two years after he last took the field with the Tampa Bay Rays, shortstop Wander Franco is set to stand trial in the Dominican Republic beginning Monday in a sexual abuse case involving an underage girl. Tampa Bay Rays Dominican baseball shortstop Wander Franco, who faces an accusation of molesting an underage girl, leaves court under heavy escort in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, on January 5, 2024. Franco's fate will be decided by a panel of three or five judges since there are no jury trials in the Dominican Republic. Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was arrested Monday in the Dominican Republic after an altercation where guns were drawn at an apartment complex according to police.