9 players on Cuba's U23 baseball team defect in Mexico
HAVANA (AP) - Nine of the 24 players on Cuba's 国家の team at baseball's U-23 World Cup defected during the tournament in Mexico, the Cuban 政府 確認するd Sunday.
Cuban 公式の／役人s called the players' 活動／戦闘s "vile abandonments" in a 公式文書，認める published by the web portal JIT, which is the 公式の／役人 組織／臓器 of the island's 国家の Sports 学校／設ける.
The 学校／設ける did not identify the players who stayed in Mexico.
The defection of nine players is one of the biggest such losses by a Cuban team playing abroad. Cuban baseball players are often 新採用するd by scouts looking to 調印する them to play with major league clubs, and the 緊張するd relations between the U.S. and Cuba 妨げるs them from a 正規の／正選手 雇うing 過程.
In 2018, the Caribbean nation 調印するd an 協定 with Major League Baseball on 標準的にする／正常にするing sports relations, but it was soon annulled by the Trump 行政, which took a hard line against Cuba 捜し出すing to 圧力 the island's 共産主義者 政府 into making political changes.
Cuba wrapped up its part of the U23 tournament Saturday, losing to Colombia in the bronze メダル game. The U23 World Cup was held in Mexico´s northern 明言する／公表する of Sonora.
