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Since the Cuban Revolution, the official Baseball Federation of Cuba has largely restricted Cuban players to the amateur domestic league system.Players signing contracts with Major League Baseball were considered defectors and were not seen as eligible to represent Cuba in international competition, like the Baseball World Cup and later, the World Baseball Classic.
The son of former Cuban player Lourdes Gurriel, Yulieski was regarded as the best player in Cuba in 2006. [2] At the World Baseball Classic in 2006, MLB scouts projected that Gurriel would be a first-round draft pick were he eligible for the draft. [2] He defected from Cuba in 2016, and made his major league debut that year. [3] In his first ...
García defected from Cuba in 2016. [4] He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in February 2017, receiving a non-roster invitation to spring training. [5] He spent 2017 with both the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League and the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, posting a combined .290 batting average with 15 home runs and 65 runs batted in (RBIs) between ...
René Arocha studied at the Regla high school in Havana. After graduating high school, Arocha became a member of Cuba's famed national baseball team. In 1991, during an international competition, Arocha defected, opting for a life in the United States and the chance at playing in the Major Leagues. [2]
MLB and the Cuban Baseball Federation have struck a deal that would allow Cuban players to join major league organizations without defecting, though the agreement could be scuttled if Trump ...
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Hernández began his baseball career with the Cocodrilos in 2009. [1] After hitting .369 for Matanzas in the 2014–15 Cuban National Series, Hernández defected to the United States at age 28 along with Cuban national teammate Luis Yander La O in June 2015, [1] while they were in North Carolina for a game against American college baseball players. [2]