21.   One of those is Rolando Arrojo, a Cuban defector, who will be one of the starting pitchers.

22.   Other Cuban defectors on the card are heavyweight Ellicer Castillo, cruiserweight Ramon Garbey and welterweight Joel Casamayor.

23.   Ordonez, a Cuban defector, played for Norfolk in the International League last season and missed two weeks in August when he went home to Miami.

24.   Part of the allure of signing Cuban defectors comes with taking that plunge into the unknown.

25.   Previous Cuban defectors were subject to the regular draft or a special draft or lottery.

26.   Remember Cuban defector Danys Baez?

27.   Talented Cuban defectors are reaching America and reaping millions as free agents.

28.   Straying off the beaten path, they looked at another kind of free agent that winter, the Cuban defector known as El Duque.

29.   The Cuban defector came in and cut the Giants off at the ankles.

30.   The Cuban defector said he was accustomed to focusing on a few key batters and then coasting.