Dominicans rule among foreign-born MLB players

Among the 856 players on Opening Day major-league rosters, 243 were born outside the United States. The 28.4 percentage is up from 27.7 last year and trails only 2005 (29.2) and 2007 (29.0). The breakdown:

Dominican Republic	95
Venezuela	66
Canada	15
Japan	13
Cuba, Puerto Rico	11
Mexico	9
Panama	7
Curacao	4
Australia	4
Nicaragua	3
Taiwan	2
Colombia, Italy, S. Korea	1

Note: Figures include active rosters, 103 players on the disabled list, four on the restricted list.

Source: Associated Press

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