Over the past several years, a series of Cuban defectors have left the tiny baseball-loving island in search of an opportunity to play Major League Baseball.
Many of them — including Yoenis Cespedes, Jorge Soler, Yasiel Puig, Jose Abreu and Odrisamer Despaigne — needed little to no development time in the minor leagues before helping the big-league club. Puig, Cespedes and Abreu immediately became some of the best players in the game.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have their own Cuban import in outfielder Yasmany Tomas, who spent all of two weeks in the minors and has hit .