Refugee Or Recruit: Will Fewer Cuban Players Join The MLB As Politics Change?

As the wheels turn on the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba, there’s a place where the two countries already seem very close: Kauffman Stadium, home of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals.

The team's new hitting star is from Cuba, and across the MLB, the number of Cuban players is on the rise. But those players reached the U.S. as refugees, and some worry that warming relations with Cuba may actually crimp the supply of baseball talent from the island.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Greg Echlin of KCUR reports.