What the 2023 World Baseball Classic means for Cuba. Alden Gonzalez Mar 19, 2023, ... Romero released his Spanish-language book chronicling the migration of Cuban baseball players from 1960 to 2018.

When the Cuban national team traveled, it was appointment viewing for scouts. Or, at least, it used to be. Up until the mid 2010s, Cuba’s national team was stacked with players who could have ...

Cuban baseball player Iván Prieto González defected from his home country when he didn't board the team flight to Havana on ... Cuban Catcher Iván Prieto Defects After 2023 WBC Semifinal vs. USA.

When the Cuban national baseball team departed from Florida on Monday, it did so without one of its players. Catcher Ivan Prieto Gonzalez did not join the team on its return flight to Cuba ...

The Center for a Free Cuba in Washington has confirmed Ivan Prieto, a bullpen catcher for Cuba’s national baseball, team defected following the World Baseball Classic in Miami on Sunday.

MIAMI — Until Sunday, the Cuban national baseball team had not played here since Fidel Castro rose to power in 1959. The island’s signature team has played in the United States in the decades ...

A protester against the Cuban government runs on the field during the 2023 World Baseball Classic game between the United States and Cuba in Miami on March 19. (Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/EPA ...

Cuban Americans protest the Cuba national baseball team playing at the World Baseball Classic game, Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Miami. Cuba faces U.S. in a quarterfinal game. Credit: AP/Marta Lavandier ...

Cuba set a record with 26 players on MLB Opening Day rosters, while Japan had 12 players, the most since 2012. The percentage of those born outside the 50 states remained at 27.8%, ...

In the first year that Cuban pros are allowed to play for their home country, the team made the WBC semifinals for the first time since 2006. But here's why only a few chose to be on the roster.

2023 World Baseball Classic. ... In March of 2020, Romero released his Spanish-language book chronicling the migration of Cuban baseball players from 1960 to 2018.