Major League Baseball and Cuba are reportedly nearing an agreement to allow players to sign with major league clubs via a posting system, not much unlike the current posting system with Japan.
Despite reports out of Cuba that there is an agreement to allow Cuban players to come to MLB via a posting system similar to the league's agreement with Japan, no deal is finalized, sources tell Yahoo Sports. The sides do expect to complete a deal in the near future, per sources.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 19, 2018
This is welcomed news for Florida’s neighboring country to the south, and will hopefully help dramatically decrease or eliminate illegal trafficking from the island nation.