India, June 27 -- Major League Baseball shortstop Wander Franco has been guilty of sexually abusing a minor in his home country of the Dominican Republic.

A Puerto Plata court passed a unanimous sentence against convicting a 24-year-old on the charge of having an illegal relationship with a 14-year-old girl.

Despite prosecutors pushing for a five-year prison sentence, the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop was handed a two-year suspended sentence instead.

Three judges of the Puerto Plata Collegiate Court made the ruling, so Franco will not spend time in prison unless and until he breaks certain court-ordered conditions.

"Do not approach minors for sexual purposes. If you don't like people very close to your age, you have to wait your time," Jud...