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MLB moving closer to tapping Cuban talent

By Associated Press in New York | China Daily | Updated: 2014-12-19 07:39

With political tension starting to thaw, player pipeline will only grow stronger

Fred Claire can see the day when Major League Baseball teams open academies for prospects in Cuba.

"It's absolutely a natural, just as the Dominican Republic and Venezuela were. You go to where the talent is," the former Los Angeles Dodgers general manager said Wednesday. "The high talent level for Cuban players is still there."

That talent has faced obstacles getting to the US since 1961, when diplomatic relations with Cuba were terminated.

President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday the nations are on the way to re-establishing relations.

The path to the major leagues for Cuban players has often involved smugglers who bring them out of the island nation for a price.

It's difficult to foresee exactly how that will change in the short term, or whether MLB teams will be allowed to invest resources in the country.

"While there are not sufficient details to make a realistic evaluation, we will continue to track this significant issue, and we will keep our clubs informed if this different direction may impact the manner in which they conduct business on issues related to Cuba," MLB said in a statement.

Twenty-five Cuban-born players appeared in MLB this year, a group that includes outfielders Yasiel Puig and Yoenis Cespedes and hard-throwing reliever Aroldis Chapman. There have been 59 Cuban players since 1995.

Many have received large contracts, topped by the seven-year, $72.5 million agreement in August between outfielder Rusney Castillo and the Boston Red Sox.

Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu was voted AL Rookie of the Year this season after agreeing to a six-year deal worth $68 million. Yasmany Tomas, an outfielder who might be shifted to third base, signed a six-year contract worth $68.5 million with the Arizona Diamondbacks this month.

Because of the American trade embargo, a player who defects from Cuba has to obtain a license from the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control to "unblock" him before he can sign with a major league organization.

It would take congressional action to lift the embargo.

"We remain hopeful that today's announcement will lead to further positive developments," the Major League Baseball Players Association said in a statement.

The Cuban government has approved a policy allowing athletes to sign with foreign leagues and pay tax on their earnings, but the US embargo prevents American teams from employing Cuban residents.

Defecting players have established residency outside the US in order to become free agents and not be subject to MLB's amateur draft. But free-agent riches could come to an end in 2017, when MLB teams hope to start an international draft.

Under MLB's collective bargaining agreement with the players' association that runs until December 2016, Cubans and others who reside outside the US, Canada and Puerto Rico are included in each MLB team's international signing pool unless they are 23 or older and have played as a professional in a professional league for at least five seasons.

Teams are penalized for exceeding their signing bonus pools. The New York Yankees, Boston and Tampa Bay have forfeited their rights to give any international player a bonus over $300,000 in the next two signing years, which start on July 2.

MLB and the union instituted similar signing pools in 2012 for players covered by the amateur draft, but Cuban defectors remain exempt from those limits for now.

"Frankly, American players, many of them have a lesser standard than what's offered international players," said agent Scott Boras, who has criticized restraints on contracts for players in American high schools and colleges.

"We've really got to review what we're doing with our draft and our international players to really say what we do with the Cubans. Maybe it will prompt a broader discussion to revamp the entirety of the system."

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