Players are able to join teams in which they have an ancestral link to within their family bloodlines. Being born in that country isn’t necessary, as was the case with Jason Marquis pitching for team Israel. This is also the scenario that has benefited team Puerto Rico with New York Mets pitcher, Seth Lugo.
A Mets farmhand prior to his call up last summer, Lugo did an admirable job filling in for the three aces that fell to injury during the course of the season. He, along with Robert Gsellman, provided just enough push to the pitching rotation to earn the Metropolitans a Wild Card berth.