According to a report earlier today from Rick Westhead of TSN, the Toronto Blue Jays could be suitors for two prominent Cuban defectors in brothers Yulieski and Lourdes Gourriel Jr.
The brothers come from what Westhead describes as Cuban baseball’s “First Family”, as their father Lourdes Gourriel Sr. was a longtime member of the national team and remains an icon in his home country.
Yulieski is 31-years-old while Lourdes, the youngest in the family and reportedly the likeliest Blue Jays target, is just 22-years-old. Westhead’s sources tell him that the youngest Gourriel appeals to Toronto given their thinned farm system, especially when it comes to infield prospects in the upper minor leagues.