MIAMI (AP) — A month before their fellow major leaguers will report for spring training, Aroldis Chapman, Yuli Gurriel and several other Cuban big leaguers assembled on an intimate field in Miami this ...

Team Cuba catcher Ivan Prieto defected to the United States during the World Baseball Classic. Prieto reportedly did not return home to Cuba on Monday following the team’s 14-2 loss to Team USA in the ...

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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. Prieto did not ...

MIAMI — Jose Vilela fled Cuba for the United States when he was 14 years old after spending six months in a concentration camp. Like many of his compatriots, he settled in Miami's Cuban neighborhood, ...

Cuban eight-year-old Kevin Kindelan, a hot-handed shortstop for a Central Havana junior league baseball team, and his teammate and first baseman Leoni Venego, seven, both dream of stardom. Kindelan ...

Cuban baseball player César Prieto, a highly touted 22-year-old infielder, ditched the Cuban national team Wednesday and defected to the United States. Prieto and his then-teammates arrived in Florida ...

MIAMI -- A month before their fellow major leaguers will report for spring training, Aroldis Chapman, Yuli Gurriel and several other Cuban big leaguers assembled on an intimate field in Miami this ...

You don’t have to follow baseball to be riveted by the details of Yasiel Puig’s defection. His extraordinary journey from Cienfuegos, Cuba, to Los Angeles by way of Mexico is complete with smuggling, ...