This is more exciting than anything that happened in last night’s game: News broke this morning that Yulieski Gourriel and his brother Lourdes Gourriel Jr have defected from Cuba in order to pursue gigs on major league teams.
This is incredibly exciting given that they’re Cuban infielders projected to make impacts on a major league team.
Yuliesky is known in international circles as the Cuban Babe Ruth, he owns the most aesthetically pleasing stat line in sports: the .300/.400/.500 triple slash line, slashing .333/.414/.577 in 15 seasons between the Cuban National Series and the Japan Central League, he hit .