{"id":251678,"date":"2022-04-17T03:31:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T07:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=251678"},"modified":"2022-04-17T03:31:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T07:31:08","slug":"cuba-open-to-summoning-major-league-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/cuba-open-to-summoning-major-league-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba open to summoning Major League players to its national team"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>\u00a0Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB)<\/span><\/a> is open to incorporating island players from the U.S. Major Leagues into the national team for the next World Classic in 2023, according to statements by Juan Reynaldo P\u00e9rez, recently elected president of that entity.<\/span><\/p>\n

P\u00e9rez, who also holds the position of national commissioner, spoke this Friday on the Mesa Redonda television program, where he reiterated the FCB\u2019s willingness to resume dialogue with the MLB, interrupted in 2019 after the cancellation of the agreement between the two entities by the Donald Trump administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

This agreement allowed the hiring of Cuban players in Major League organizations through legal and safe mechanisms, without the players having to give up their residence on the island or their link with the federation.<\/span><\/p>\n

At a press conference on April 12, P\u00e9rez told the press that achieving a stable link with the Major Leagues would guarantee \u201cthe natural flow of Cuban players to and from that circuit,\u201d according to a report by the EFE news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

The official clarified that the opening of the FCB will only be with baseball players who \u201clove Cuban baseball.\u201d This would include, he clarified, players in foreign leagues, even without the endorsement of the Federation.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also commented that there are players in foreign leagues who have shown interest in reinserting themselves into the National Series and who want to play with the Cuban team, and \u201cthe 2023 World Baseball Classic offers a clear opportunity to do so.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

B\u00e9isbol: Confederaci\u00f3n Mundial rechaza equipo con jugadores de MLB sin respaldo de la federaci\u00f3n cubana<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n