Earlier today, a report surfaced that the Rays camp and Wander Franco have been in talks regarding a contract extension:
Sources have informed @ElCaribeRD that @RaysBaseball has presented a contract extension offer to Wander Franco. The offer is expected to exceed the 8 years/100 million dollars deal extended to Ronald Acuña Jr. by the Braves in 2019. The one to Franco gets close to 200 million.
— Yancen Pujols (@YancenPujols) November 18, 2021
The report has gained some legs since this initial tweet, as Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors picked up the story, and the tweet itself was quoted by Rays beat reporter Marc Topkin:
#Rays typically explore long term deals with top young players, so this report seems to have some validity.