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According to reports, the Milwaukee Brewers is about to sign highly rated outfield prospect Jackson Chourio to the biggest rookie deal in MLB history. According to the New York Times, the 19-year-old is likely to reach an eight-year deal worth almost $80 million. Chourio will then smash the old record for the most money paid to a player who has yet to play in MLB.

We've arrived halfway through the 2023 Major League Baseball season, and the old rules haven't been followed. The Cardinals and Padres are a mess, the Marlins and Orioles are raging into the playoffs, and anyone who made a pre-season forecast of the Mets or Yankees is rubbing their eyes in disbelief. Two and a half months remain for teams to sort themselves out for the pennant chase, and as the regular season hits pause and MLB heads to Seattle for the All-Star Break, Mail Sport grades all 30 teams on their 2023 campaign so far:

According to sources, four Cuban diplomats may have defected to the United States during the CONCAF Gold Cup. After losing 1-0 to Guatemala in Florida on Wednesday, Roberney Caballero, Carlos Denilson Morales, Neisser Sando, and Jassael Herrera reportedly failed to turn up for the team's flight from Miami to Houston. Since 1999, 55 football players from Cuba have migrated to the United States in an effort to either further their careers or improve their living conditions.

The Yankees are staging a doubleheader in the Bronx against the visiting Chicago White Sox on Thursday after postponing the game due to poor air caused by the Canadian wildfires on Wednesday. Yankee Stadium is still surrounded by a thick cloud of smoke, but the team felt it was safe to play a twinbill on Thursday, with air quality improving.

As New York's air quality index reaches a 185 rating due to smoke overtaking the sky as a result of Canadian wildfires, the Yankees took the field in potentially volatile weather. On Tuesday, thick smoke from the north descended on New York City, with an orange glow hanging above the iconic skyline, covering the Statue of Liberty's famed monuments. The Bronx was no exception, as the sky over Yankee Stadium glowed a mix of orange and dark grey.

Following Cuba's loss to the United States in Miami at the World Baseball Classic on Sunday, the bullpen catcher for Cuba's national baseball team has departed to the United States. According to reporter Yordano Carmona, Iván Prieto escaped from Team Cuba's hotel before the players' return flight to Havana, becoming the first Cuban player to defect during a WBC. Prieto was regarded as a "deserter," according to Team Cuba.' The tournament's chiefs did not respond immediately to DailyMail.com's request for comment. On Sunday night, Cuba defeated the United States squad in the WBC semi-finals, where many Cuban-American demonstrators took aim at the communist regime.

In more ways than one, the WBC match between Cuba and the United States has gripped the city of Miami. Although many people gathered to the ballpark for the game, some of the countries competing stayed outside demonstrating against one of the countries involved. Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of about 15 police officers with signs condemning Cuba's communist government and the political prisoners being detained on the island. Protesters surrounded the park, waving flags, wearing shirts with slogans, and holding signs outside the loanDepot Park in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, a pillar of Cuban history and the home of the Miami Marlins.