The World Baseball Classic offers numerous different storylines in the lead up to the 2026 season that a spring training-only year simply couldn't offer.
While Royals fans may be focused on their stars like Bobby Witt Jr., Maikel Garcia and Vinnie Pasquantino and how they perform, it's hard for the baseball fan in all of us to not use the WBC to catch a glimpse and some talent that other than this, wouldn't necessarily be the most accessible to the everyday MLB consumer.
One of those names arose in Friday's Pool A action between Cuba and Panama, where the Cubans sent their ace to the mound in Liván Moinelo.