Cuba won’t let their ex-pat majors leaguers play on their WBC team.

“Cuba will continue with our athletes. That’s something we will keep as indissoluble principle … our athletes who are within the Cuban sports system and within our National Series are going to continue to represent in the international events,” said Antonio Becali, president of the country’s National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (via Google Translate).

I’m perfectly happy to see Cuba put a weaker team on the field, it gives the US and the Netherlands a better chance to win. Given the looseness of qualifying to play for a country, I hope the Cubans find links to other nationalities so they can play against their countrymen.