Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association announced an agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation that will provide Cuban baseball players with a safe and legal path to sign with an MLB club.
As announced, the objective of the agreement is to end the dangerous trafficking of Cuban players who wish to play professional baseball in the United States.
The hardships that Cuban players have faced coming over to the United States are well-documented, and one of those to navigate a dangerous journey was Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig.
“To know future Cuban players will not have to go through what we went through makes me so happy,” Puig said.