In a report last Wednesday, 31 March, the US sports network ESPN focused on the Dominican Republic, calling it the most productive pipeline of of talent. ESPN pointed out that while five years ago there were only 55 ball players on the rosters on opening day of the Major League baseball teams, this year, there were over 100. It translated that to be that one of every seven players in the Majors had been born in the DR. ESPN stresses that the number will continue to grow in the next years, especially since 30% of the players in the Minors last season had been born in the DR. The reason: Dominicans are going after the big bucks and the baseball training academies set up in the DR by Major League Baseball teams.
See http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1772471