Dominican prosecutors have requested that suspended Tampa Bay Rays player Wander Franco be sentenced to five years in prison for his alleged crimes.

Dominican prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence the Rays' Wander Franco to five years in prison for alleged sexual abuse of a girl who was 14 at the time. A final decision in the case will be issued Thursday.

Prosecutors said Monday that there is sufficient evidence proving that Franco had a four-month relationship with a minor and was sending money to the girl’s mother to consent to the