WASHINGTON – Hope is rising that Major League Baseball’s World Baseball Classic will prompt Cuban players to defect to America, as opponents of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro are readying aid to ...

For years, the Cuban pipeline into Major League Baseball has involved a bit of a seedy underbelly, but an agreement between MLB, its players' association and the Cuban Baseball Federation plans to ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Star Cuban infielder Yulieski Gourriel and his younger brother slipped away from their hotel in the Dominican Republic early Monday in an apparent effort to launch ...

About this time last summer, two federal investigations into the smuggling of Cuban baseball players to the United States were gathering momentum. Most Cuban defectors on Major League Baseball rosters ...

Durham, N.C. — Ahead of Friday night's game between the USA Collegiate National Team and the Cuban Senior National Team at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, two Cuban baseball players have defected while in ...

The buzz is real! Cuba might just shake things up by inviting Cuban-American players to join their squad for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. This potential game-changer is still under review, but it ...