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Yasiel Puig thankful for new agreement allowing Cuban players to sign with MLB teams

Yesterday, MLB, MLBPA, and Cuban Baseball Federation jointly announced that they agreed on a posting system of sorts for Cuban players through 2021, one that has previously only been used in East Asia.

The FCB becomes the fourth foreign professional baseball league to enter into an agreement of this nature with MLB, joining Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), and the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

The primary goal appears to be allowing for a safe way for Cuban players to make their way into the MLB without having to involve human trafficking, and in return Cuba gets a cut.