Infographic: How 16 baseball players escaped Cuba
They all took a different path. But all share the same dream.
To one day defect from Cuba and play in the major leagues.
One of Cuba’s finest exports in recent years has been professional baseball players.
Some of the biggest stars in the sport (Yasiel Puig, Jose Fernandez) and some players you will soon be familiar with (Rusney Castillo, Yoan Moncada) hail from the country synonymous for Castro’s dictatorship.
We look at the path 16 players took in order to play baseball in the United States.
