The rest of the team, which originally had 24 players, will return on Monday. Cuban athletes have a long history of defecting while competing abroad. Baseball players often leave to sign up with ...

Cuban athletes have a long history of defecting, with baseball players, ballet dancers and footballers among those who have left their country. Cuban baseball defectors visit Havana The baseball ...

So far this year, ten top Cuban baseball players have left the team abroad. Last May, three players, pitchers Lazaro Blanco and Andy Rodriguez, and infielder Cesar Prieto, stayed in Miami during ...

In a statement initially released on the official website of the National Sports Institute (INDER), the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) confirmed the player's desertion and assured that he ...

Three players who featured in Cuba's 6-0 loss to Canada in Concacaf Nations League play at BMO Field on Saturday have reportedly departed the team to defect. El Nuevo Herald reported on Sunday ...

who smuggled Cuban baseball players into the U.S. and profited off their major league contracts. (CN) — An 11 th Circuit panel Thursday upheld the convictions of baseball agent Bartolo Hernandez and ...