The Cleveland Indians join other MLB teams by having a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic.
This is not something often talked about and some fans may not even know it exists. But this academy can be life-changing for international players. That was the case recently when the academy graduated its first high school class of players in the organization.
The obvious focus of the academy is to develop players to hopefully one day contribute to the Indians. But the team decided to throw an educational aspect into the daily schedule and that is a great thing.