Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation have reached an agreement that will allow players from Cuba to sign major league contracts without defecting. Julio Ricardo Varela, co-host of “In The Thick” podcast, talks to Marco Werman about what this means for baseball and US-Cuban relations.
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