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Outside The Confines: Young guns

Good morning. I think we have the All-Star Game balloting covered around here already. So I’ll skip that.

  • Rays infielder Wander Franco was found guilty of the sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and sentenced to five years probation. Franco has been on the restricted list without pay since the charges were announced. For those of you wondering if Franco avoiding prison time means he could return to MLB, experts generally agree that his conviction would make it close to impossible for him to get a work visa in the US.