Next week, the 2017 edition of the World Baseball Classic will begin with pool play. The tournament starts March 6 and the championship game will be played March 22, at Dodger Stadium. Here is the full schedule and here are the full rosters . Once upon a time Cuba dominated international baseball competition -- they’ve won three of the five Olympic gold medals in baseball -- though they have yet to win a WBC. They finished second in the 2006 tournament before failing to get out of the second round in both 2009 and 2013. This year will be their fourth attempt at a WBC title. Cuba’s roster is filled with players currently playing in Cuba. Expatriates who defected to play Major League Baseball, like Aroldis Chapman and Yoenis Cespedes, are not allowed to represent their country in international play. At least one big leaguer thinks there should be a Cuban-American team in the WBC. That’s a fine idea, though I would argue a team of Cuban expatriates would be really interesting. That is, a team of MLB ballplayers who were born in Cuba, then defected to come stateside. With that in mind, let’s put together a hypothetical Cuban expatriate team for the WBC, shall we? Here’s the 25-man roster. - See more at: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/w...ssic-featured-a-team-of-cuban-players-in-mlb/
