Rays shortstop Wander Franco benched for attitude, frustration problems

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay shortstop Wander Franco has been benched and won’t play in Thursday and Friday’s video games towards Kansas City not less than by Rays supervisor Kevin Cash for the way in which he has dealt with irritating conditions this yr.

“Wander is a really good kid, really good person,” Cash mentioned earlier than Thursday evening’s recreation with the Royals. “He’s a younger participant that’s studying and coping with the challenges of being a serious league participant, and a few of the frustrations that include it.

“Over the course of this season, there’s been most likely a number of occasions that the way in which he has dealt with his frustrations haven’t been the way in which that we ask our gamers to uphold being the very best teammate.”

Cash declined to provide specifics about any incidents, however the 22-year-old has not run out grounders at occasions and has some baserunning lapses.

Also, Franco has thrown his bat after placing out, and final Sunday declined to speak to reporters after making two errors on one play.

“We’re going to continue to support Wander as he works through this,” Cash mentioned. “I’m personally going to (help), this organization will, this staff will. We look forward to having him back.”

Franco is hitting .287 with eight homers, 34 RBIs and has stolen 24 bases.