Team Cuba finds itself at a crossroads as it gears up for the World Baseball Classic, with a situation that threatens to ...

Cuba will come into the 2026 World Baseball Classic as one of the most successful nations in the event’s history, reaching ...

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 ...

The World Baseball Classic is the ultimate acceleration for Major League Baseball fans. After spending months idling, ...

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 ...

HAVANA -- A lineup of Cuban-born baseball stars, including some of the most famous defectors in recent memory, made a triumphant return to the island Tuesday as part of the first Major League Baseball ...

Ramirez played in the inaugural WBC for Cuba in 2006. At 43 years and 224 days, Roger Clemens holds the record for the oldest player to appear in the WBC.

— -- 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 ...

The island has a rich pool of baseball talent and history of success in the sport. Cuba's baseball team won Olympic gold medals in 1992, 1996 and 2004, but mass defections by players have limited the ...