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Major League Baseball (MLB) is looking into social media posts involving Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, the team announced on Sunday.

All-Star shortstop Wander Franco and the Tampa Bay Rays have “mutually agreed” that the 22-year-old will go on the restricted list while Major League Baseball looks into social media posts involving the player. The club made the announcement Monday in the wake of social media posts that began circulating over the weekend. The Rays did not detail the nature of the social media posts.

Rookie Tanner Bibee won his seventh consecutive decision and the Cleveland Guardians beat the AL wild-card-leading Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. Bibee (9-2) gave up two runs, seven hits and struck out five in seven innings and is the first Cleveland rookie to win seven in row since Gene Bearden in 1948. The ony longer rookie streak in franchise history is 10, set by Wes Ferrell in 1929.

Wander Franco hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of the ninth and the AL wild-card-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 9-8 after a bullpen meltdown in the top of the inning Friday night. Franco homered to right off Nick Sandlin (5-5) for his first career walkoff shot. Through a translator, Franco said it was his first walkoff hit since he played with Class A Bowling Green.

ST. PETERSBURG — Veteran reliever Jake Diekman had heard some chatter around the clubhouse a few weeks ago that Yandy Diaz, the Rays’ quiet and quite productive leadoff hitter, didn’t want any attention for his upcoming 32nd birthday. So Diekman came up with an idea to go hard the other way — hiring a five-man band to follow and serenade Diaz through all of his pregame work on Tuesday’s big ...