Rays Bench Star Shortstop Wander Franco For Poor Teammate Behavior
- Wander Franco, Tampa Bay shortstop, has been benched for Thursday and Friday's games against Kansas City by Rays manager Kevin Cash.
- Tampa Bay Rays are benching shortstop Wander Franco for at least two games over behavior that resulted in him not "being the best teammate"
- Wander Franco will not be in the lineup for the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday and Friday.
- Rays manager Kevin Cash is benching Franco due to his handling of frustrations and not being a good teammate.
- Taylor Walls will replace Franco as starting shortstop on Thursday and most likely on Friday as well.