Ibáñez, who made his MLB debut in May 2021, is one of 84 players from Cuba to play at least 300 MLB games. As a child, his father taught him to play baseball. "It was the thing I loved the most ...

Players and coaches with the Cuban Professional Baseball Federation sing the Cuban national anthem before an exhibition baseball game against Miami Dade College, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Miami.

“For the Cuban people, it is important to see those children play at a high level of baseball in that category,” Rodríguez added. “Even though our children play good baseball, the people of ...

Weaving archival footage with interviews from historians, baseball fans, journalists, and former major leaguers Camilo Pascual, Orestes Destrade, and Tony Perez, this documentary chronicles the ...

Kindelan says he wants to play for Cuba’s national baseball club, but Venego, ... But no one – not even these children – escapes the impact of Cuba’s grinding economic crisis ...

Ivan Prieto Gonzalez, who served as Team Cuba's bullpen catcher during the World Baseball Classic, defected after missing his flight back to Havana in Miami on Monday.

The United States is allowing Cuban MLB stars to represent their country in the World Baseball Classic in March, if they are invited and choose to play.

After defecting, Ibáñez represented his country by playing for Team Cuba in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. It was the first time MLB players were allowed to represent Cuba in the WBC.

For last year's World Baseball Classic held in Little Havana, a majority-Cuban enclave in Miami, the U.S. for the first time allowed Cuban-born MLB stars to play for their homeland in the tournament.

A breakaway team of Cuban players who defected from the country had their club debut delayed this week when the Colombian government canceled a tournament there.