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Originally Posted by lukasberger
I don't entirely agree with those rankings, in fact I discussed them somewhere around here them a while ago. They underrate Korea and overrate the Euro leagues a bit but still, overall they aren't far off.
As for Cuba, it's definitely below the Atlantic League. Probably below the American Association as well.
Cuba's lost so much top talent in recent years and the young guys coming into the league haven't adequately replaced the lost talent. Cuba still has better top end guys than say the Atlantic League does, but it's bench guys and even some starter types are way below American pro caliber. They're more like American HS type players honestly. A lot of 16-17 year olds and a few 40 year olds as well.
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I hear you, but check this out:
List of baseball players who defected from Cuba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia *
The Atlantic League, for the most part, is where wanna-bes play for their last chance and has-beens go rather than retire.
EDIT: * Granted, this part: "While some players who defect succeed in obtaining multi-million dollar contracts to play in MLB, many receive only minor league contracts and do not reach MLB."