ing ▁teams , ▁since ▁Hav ana ▁Province ▁was ▁split ▁into ▁two ▁provinces : ▁Ar tem isa ▁Province ▁and ▁May abe que ▁Province . ▁Thus , ▁the ▁Western ▁League ▁had ▁ 9 ▁teams . ▁The ▁Ar tem isa ▁team ▁were ▁named ▁" H un ters " ▁( Span ish ▁" C az adores "), ▁and ▁the ▁May abe que ▁team ▁" H urr ican es " ▁( Span ish ▁" h ur ac anes "). ▁Begin ning ▁with ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 – 1 3 ▁season , ▁the ▁Metropolitan os , ▁long ▁seen ▁as ▁the ▁" f arm ▁team " ▁of ▁Hav ana ' s ▁other ▁team , ▁power house ▁Indust ri ales , ▁will ▁no ▁longer ▁field ▁a ▁team . ▁This ▁brings ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁compet ing ▁teams ▁back ▁down ▁to ▁ 1 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁Cub an ▁National ▁Series ▁is ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁prepar ation ▁for ▁all ▁the ▁selection ▁for ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁Cub an ▁national ▁baseball ▁team ▁players ▁for ▁international ▁compet itions ▁during ▁the ▁summer , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁for ▁the ▁World ▁Baseball ▁Classic ▁and ▁the ▁Olympics ▁( 1 9 9 2 – 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁from ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁on ward ). ▁The ▁Cub an ▁National ▁Team ▁Pres e lection ▁is ▁selected ▁from ▁the ▁Series ▁and ▁Hav ana ▁is ▁the ▁ven ue ▁for ▁team ▁practice ▁games ▁before ▁international ▁compet itions . ▁Sometimes ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁team ▁can ▁be ▁asked ▁to ▁select ▁players ▁for ▁international ▁duty ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁national ▁team