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ESPN’s Bob Ley was in Havana on Tuesday as part of the network’s coverage of a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team.

His report was interrupted by a political demonstration, as Cork Gaines of Business Insider shared on YouTube:

The Los Angeles Dodgers' outfield depth is going to be tested, as Andre Ethier will miss the next few months to recover from a fractured tibia he suffered on March 18. 

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The Tampa Bay Rays became the first Major League Baseball team in 17 years to play a game in Cuba, defeating the national team, 4-1, in an exhibition in Havana on Tuesday. 

James Loney provided the fireworks on the field, driving in three runs for the Rays, two coming on this home run in the top of the fourth inning, as Baseball Tonight highlighted:

Continuing a movement that has been sweeping through major cities, the New York City Council officially banned all chewing tobacco from Citi Field and Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.

San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt is entering the 2016 season with a new one-year, $6.2 million deal he signed in February before he hits a second year of arbitration next offseason, per Spotrac. 

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Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Carson Smith is facing an extended stint on the disabled list in 2016.

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President Barack Obama wrote an exclusive article for ESPN.com on his trip to Cuba to watch the Tampa Bay Rays face the Cuban national team Tuesday at Havana's Estadio Latinoamericano, the first exhibition game between an MLB and Cuban team in 17 years.

The president elaborated on the basis for the visit and what it might mean for American and Cuban relations going forward:

Few things get baseball fans more excited than the prospect of, well, prospects.

Last season gave us Kris Bryant. Carlos Correa. Francisco Lindor, Miguel Sano and Noah Syndergaard. Two years ago, it was Jose Abreu, Dellin Betances, Jacob deGrom and Masahiro Tanaka. Three years ago? Try Chris Archer, Nolan Arenado, Jose Fernandez, Shelby Miller and Wil Myers.

Year after year, Major League Baseball is flooded with rookies, and the 2016 season will be no different.

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1. Zack Greinke Changes Face of NL West

A.J. Pollock, Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder, walked into a nearly deserted batting cage the other day and waited for the one player to finish his swings. It was Zack Greinke.

The San Francisco Giants did what they needed to do with their starting rotation this winter, rebuilding it into a unit strong enough to put them back atop the NL West.

But now, their rebuilt rotation is having trouble even surviving spring training.