How Kyle McClellan & Local Coffee Company Are Helping Those In Haiti In Need

Former Cardinals pitcher Kyle McClellan is teaming up with Kaldi’s to help a poor Caribbean country.

KMOV

New Coffee Brewed In St. Louis Supplies Jobs For Haitian Famers

There's something brewing with Kyle McClellan's foundation.

KMOX

Victor Labrada Rodriguez Leaves Cuba

According to internal sources in the National Baseball Commission, who would have been the 35th player released by the Cuban Federation to negotiate contracts with the Major Leagues -no older than 25 years or with more than six seasons of experience in the National Series- He would have left the country a few hours before the list of the elect was made public.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald

Kyle McClellan Uses Nonprofit To Revialize St. Louis

Just a short walk away from the site of Sportsman's Park, the former home field of the Cardinals, sits a two-story brick house, transformed by months of labor and love.

St. Louis Official Site

Audio: Luke Weaver Taking On Kryptonite

Over the last couple of days, Luke Weaver has begun the process of decompressing from the St. Louis Cardinals season. He admits to watching some playoff baseball, but also just sinking into his couch and allowing the various thoughts of 2018 to go through his head.

STL Baseball Weekly

Johan Oviedo Talks Green Card, Citizenship

Of all the players on the Chiefs roster, no one has experienced a journey quite like that of Johan Oviedo. Born in Cuba in 1998, Oviedo's journey to Peoria took him through Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and finally to Florida. Last month he spent two days between starts away from the team, traveling to Florida to finalize paperwork for residency to receive a Green Card.

Peoria Official Site

Adam Wainwright's Charity Work Making "Big League Impact"

Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright used an off night for the team to raise money for several charities on Thursday night. At Dave & Buster's in Maryland Heights. MO, Wainwright and several of his Cardinal teammates played video games with Cardinals fans and raised money for the following charities that Wainwright's "Big League Impact" helps. The charities that benefited from tonight's event are stopping human trafficking in St. Louis, food and water for the Dominican Republic and a hospital in Haiti.

Fox2Now

Carlos Juan Viera Alvarez Deported From Dominican Republic To Haiti

Cuban pitcher Carlos Juan Viera Alvarez was deported to Haiti, the country where he lives, for being irregularly in the Dominican Republic , reported migratory authorities in Santo Domingo, reports Diario Libre .  (Translated)

Diario de Cuba

MLB Fines Julio Pablo Martinez $100K

Major League Baseball has fined 21-year-old Cuban outfielder Julio Pablo Martinez $100,000 due to discrepancies in his paperwork that he submitted to MLB regarding the time he spent in the United States and Canada.

Baseball America

Adam Wainwright Leads Charge To Change The World

In one of the poorer nations on the planet, in a city ravaged by natural disasters and unnatural poverty, near an orphanage that houses the loneliest and unluckiest of the city’s children, there is a medical clinic.

Hochman

Julio Pablo Martinez Has Established Residency In Haiti & Will Have Showcase In December

Jesse Sanchez Twitter

Kyle McClellan Providing Relief In Haiti

Kyle McClellan is dedicating his life after baseball to helping orphans in Haiti.

KSDK

Bartolo Hernandez, Julio Estrada Sentenced To Prison For Cuban Smuggling Network

A sports agent and baseball coach convicted of operating a sophisticated and sometimes violent human smuggling ring that brought Cuban ballplayers to the United States were sentenced to prison Thursday.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Dia

Jose Adolis Garcia Obtained Work Visa In Haiti, Expected In Camp On Friday

Rob Rains Twitter

Jury Convicts Bartolo Hernandez In Cuban Smuggling Case

A Miami jury on Wednesday convicted a Florida sports agent and a baseball trainer on charges they smuggled Cuban baseball players to the U.S. in search of big profits from professional free agent contracts.

AP News

Two Charges Dropped Against Bartolo Hernandez

The prosecution’s case against baseball agent Bart Hernandez was weakened Monday when U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams dismissed two charges against him the day before the jury will hear closing arguments

Miami Herald

Blue Jays, Cardinals Made Similar Bids For Lourdes Gourriel, Jr.

Gurriel says the Cardinals started the bidding at $18-million. In the end, Toronto and St. Louis made similar offers, but all along, he says he leaned toward the Blue Jays.

The Athletic

Jose Dariel Abreu: I Had A Relationship Of Trust With Bartolo Hernandez

Slugger Jose Abreu said Thursday that he had a very confident relationship with a Florida baseball coach who is one of two men accused of smuggling Cuban players into the United States.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald

Jose Abreu Testifies That He Ate Page Of Passport

White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu told a Miami federal jury Wednesday that he ate a page of a fake passport and washed it down with beer while flying illegally from Haiti to Miami in a Cuban ballplayer smuggling operation in 2013, according to the Associated Press.

Chicago-A Official Site

Judge In Bartolo Hernandez Case Reveals Suspicions About Documents Of Cuban Players

The federal lawsuit over the trafficking of Cuban baseball players to the United States revealed that US government and Major League Baseball officials overlooked many suspicions about how athletes came to the country.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald