The president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), Riccardo Fraccari, affirmed this Monday that progress is being made on a plan so that Cuban baseball players can legally go out to play in foreign leagues.
Currently Cuban baseball players cannot do so, which has generated tensions and talent leaks, such as the one that starred half of the sub-team 15 last October when leaving the World Cup played in Mexico.
At a press conference in Havana on the penultimate day of his visit to Cuba, Fraccari He was “optimistic” after speaking with members of the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB), although he acknowledged that the agreement “is not done in a day.”
He added that now “the FC B is willing to discuss this and the WBSC can help as a link” with other foreign leagues.
The WBSC president was also satisfied with the FCB project to revitalize baseball on the island and assured that a “detailed plan” was presented with the “conditions”, “will” and “budget” for it to be so.
“Now the conditions and the budget are given to advance and change some things about Cuban baseball, which deserves for its history, quality and potential to return to being a main actor on the world scene”, he highlighted.
Fraccari also cited WBSC’s plans to launch an international club competition similar to the league of soccer champions, as part of their efforts to globalize baseball.
“This year there will already be a promotional act,” assured the president of the WBSC, who advanced that work is being done so that the Cuban champion participant.
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