44 Cubans will be in the spring training fields

Baseball is already breathed in Florida and Arizona, after the opening this week of the spring training fields of the 30 major league teams.

First, pitchers and catchers were added, but the rest of the position players will be incorporated for next week, to start on February 20 the preseason games.

So far, 44 players born in Cuba, distributed in 24 of the 30 teams, will be in the spring camps, some as part of the roster of 40 major league players and others as guests, who will try to find a position for The next campaign.

Again, Chicago’s white socks have the largest number of Cubans in their ranks, five in total, and all as part of the 40 roster.

The Central Avileño gardener Luis Robert Jr. heads the quintet, despite having been the object during the winter of exchange rumors towards the Philadelphia Philis or even the New York Yankees.

In addition to Robert, the box players Miguel Vargas and Bryan Ramos, both habaneros, the Santiago gardener Oscar Luis Colás and the Catcher Cienfueguero Edgar Quero, the latter of 21 years and still waiting to debut to debut In the Major, after spending his first four seasons as a professional in the lower categories.

In the case of Colás, the team plans to try it on the first base during the preseason games, which expands its chances of having more play time.

With a safe position in the Orioles of Baltimore are the launchers Yennier Cano, of Ciego de Avila, and the Matanzel New jewel acquired by Boston’s red socks to strengthen their relief body.

Chapman will seek to win the closer post, to continue fating his numbers, for an eventual way to the Cooperstown Hall of Fame.

The Villaclareño Yandy Díaz will defend the first base of the Rays of Tampa Bay and the Pinero Andy Ibáñez will be the picture of the Detroit Tigers.

In its previous four seasons, Ibáñez has defended all positions, except Pitcher and Catcher, but mainly appeared as a second base in more than half of its 298 games in MLB, but the team acquired in the free agency the Venezuelan Gleyber Torres, by What the Cuban’s function would be more limited this year.

The Camagüeano Law Yariel Rodríguez is projected as one of the openers in the rotation of the Toronto tiles, while the Havana lazaro Estrada pitcher is invited to the practices, outside the staff of 40.

In that same condition is the infielder Yordys Valdés with the Guardians of Cleveland, while the right -handed Germanic German German, born in Sancti Spíritus, is part of the roster, although it has not yet debuted in the major.

The Camagüeano Dairon Blanco gardener will contribute his demonized speed in the bases for Kansas City’s reais, while the Omar Hernández receiver was invited to the training field, although with little chances of making the big team.

The designated hitter and Tunal gardener Yordán Alvarez is the great figure of the Houston stars, which also tell the staff with patrolman Pedro León, of Mayabeque.

The athletics invited the practices to the Pedro Santos Spirit Right Material, while the Los Angeles Angels have three players from the largest of the Antilles: the villaclareño reliever Víctor Mederos and the newly acquired Yoán Moncada and Jorge Soler.

The third base Cienfueguero Moncada signed a one -year pact and five million as a free agent, while Gardener Soler arrived in exchange from the Braves of Atlanta.

Another team with three Cubans in its spring camp is that of the Milwaukee brewers, although only the left -handed left -hander Nestor Cortés has a safe position in the rotation.

The infielders Raynel Delgado, from Havana, and Ernesto Martínez, from Holguín, were invited outside the Roster.

Also as guests outside the squad are the Cienfueguero César Prieto and the Havana José Barrero with the Cardinals of San Luis.

Barrero has already seen intermittent action in the largest with the reds of Cincinnati between 2020 and 2023, while Prieto finally hopes to debut at the highest level this year, after bursting the ball in three campaigns in the minors, since he escaped from the Cuban team During the pre -Olyst Palm Beach pre -Olych tournament in 2021.

The Pinareño Randy Arozarena gets ready for his first full season with the Seattle sailors, where he arrived in the middle of last campaign, from the Rays.

Arozarena will have the company of his compatriot Lázaro Montes, just 20 years old and considered the first prospect of the organization.

Left -handed batter that is compared to Yordán Alvarez, Montes was invited to the training field and its major league debut is projected by the end of this year or in 2026.

The Texas Rangers have the Outfielder Avileño Adolis García, from whom they expect a rebound, after a campaign marked by injuries and a downturn in their performance in 2024.

The Pinero Raisel Iglesias will be the star closer of the Braves of Atlanta again, while the Pinareño Daysbel Hernández will be one of the Bullpen struts.

After undergoing an arm operation that led him to miss the entire 2024, the habanero right Johan Oviedo looks for a place in the Staff of openers of the Pittsburgh pirates, a team that also invited the training to the infielder Malcom Núñez, with good Possibilities of sneaking into the template for the opening day.

The Outfielder Pinareño Andy Pagés returns with the Dodgers champions of Los Angeles and also spirit gardener Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is the only Cuban in the ranks of the Diamondbacks of Arizona.

The other teams that have a single Cuban are the parents of San Diego (the left -hand reliever Adrián Morejón), the nationals of Washington (the right turnsure Orlando Ribalta), the Rockies of Colorado (the Havana gardener Yanquiel Fernández) and the reds ( the Villaclareño caponero Yosver Zulueta).

Of these, only Yanquiel Fernández has not seen action in the majors, but this could be his year of debut with the rockies.

And finally, Miami Marlins expect that in 2025, finally, Víctor Mesa Jr. be ready to debut in the major leagues.

Capture as an international free agent with his brother Víctor Víctor, the youngest son of the legendary number 32 of the Cuban ball has failed to fill all expectations, after receiving a bonus of one million dollars when he signed in 2018.

The figure of Cubans could increase to 45, if finally, veteran José Iglesias gets a contract.

The New York Mets, a team with which it shone in 2024, would have offered a pact for a season, but «Candelita», 35, would be looking for an agreement of at least two campaigns.