A pair of baseball players who were kicked off their Cuban National Series team just before the current season began after being caught trying to leave the country illegally on a boat have recently defected. ESPN Deportes writer Enrique Rojas says pitcher Yadel Marti and outfielder Yasser Gomez have left Cuba for the Dominican Republic, and hope to embark upon professional baseball careers this year. Cuban ballplayers are considered amateurs.
A 29-year-old right-hander, Marti was voted to the 2006 World Baseball Classic All-Star Team after going 1-0 with two saves while tossing 12.2 scoreless innings. The 28-year-old Gomez was the Cuban National Series Rookie of the Year in 1997, and batted .394 with 51 RBIs in 66 games last winter for the Industriales team, who booted both Marti and Gomez in November after their abortive defection attempt.
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