Another Cuban defector...

[floplag]

anyone really buying this anymore.. like the gov there isnt fully aware of all this and perhaps even encouraging or arranging all this?

[Stradling]

I don't mean to be rude but I have no idea who or what you are talking about? Are you saying that there is a new defector that teams are looking at or that these aren't really defectors, but rather players that the government are allowing to come play, but are calling them defectors?

[Chimi]

I think it's more the huge contracts these guys are getting now that is causing more guys to try and defect. If you knew you had millions of dollars waiting for you somewhere, you would do what you could do to get to it. Same goes for Asian players. There is too much money to be made by coming here. Only difference is the Asian players don't have to go seek asylum somewhere beforehand.

[Blarg]

Flop, too random both title and body of your post.

[floplag]

a little reading instead of insults would have benefited some...
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/24/cuban-star-hector-olivera-defects-to-sign-with-mlb-team/

[Bobster7587]

a little reading instead of insults would have benefited some...

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/24/cuban-star-hector-olivera-defects-to-sign-with-mlb-team/

Asking for clarification or background info on the topic is an insult now? Wow. Maybe you should have included the link in the OP

[nate]

Nice job linking it in your first post.

 

These guys pay like $75k to get smuggled out of the country.  I am sure Cuba suspects it but its hard to stop.

[DMVol]

We need the best starting pitcher in Cuba to defect quickly, maybe establish residency in Dominican Republic before the ALDS....won't count against luxury tax....

[Hollyw00d]

Many of them defect when they're in foreign countries

[Chimi]

By the way, it's not just baseball players defecting from Cuba to try and come to the U.S. for a better life

[tdawg87]

Asking for clarification or background info on the topic is an insult now? Wow. Maybe you should have included the link in the OP

Wow dude. No need to insult him and his family.

[Stradling]

Flop is getting flopped again, were a bunch of a-holes