HAVANA -- The United States will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home country in the World Baseball Classic next year. The decision announced Saturday in a news ...

The United States is permitting MLB players that are from Cuba to play for their home country in the World Baseball Classic in March. A press release from the Baseball Federation of Cuba on ...

J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content ... Images Mendoza was a pioneer as one of only four players born in Cuba to make his debut during the 1970s — a direct result ...

However, if you dig past the cheering, passion and tremendous displays of skill that we have seen, some darker and harrowing storylines will be revealed. According to Cuban-American baseball ...

Over the past several years, a series of Cuban defectors have left the tiny baseball-loving island in search of an opportunity to play Major League Baseball ... of the best players in the game.

Renowned Cuban baseball player Yulieski Gurriel, who is striving to stay in Major League Baseball at 40, recently reflected ...

There were 18 players from Cuba and 58 from Venezuela on Opening Day in 2024, according to MLB. The Houston Astros had the most international players with 16, which included Cuban and Venezuelan ...

Meanwhile, Cuba historically has not allowed Cuban players who defected ... many wrapped in Cuban flags and MLB jerseys. Alberto Sarmiento, 36, has played baseball his whole life but had never ...

MIAMI - Ivan Prieto Gonzalez, Team Cuba’s bullpen catcher for the World Baseball Classic, defected in Miami on Monday, a day after his team lost to Team USA in the semifinals at loanDepot Park.

The Cuban Baseball Federation long defended the idea ... Advertising To arrange participation of the MLB players, Cuba had to get special permission from the United States because Washington ...

NEW YORK -- Cuba had a record 26 players on Major League Baseball's Opening Day rosters, and Japan had 12 for its most since 2012. The percentage born outside the 50 states remained at 27.8% ...