Winter Baseball Abroad

With the recent developments in Venezuela curiosity develops on weather owners and GM's are going to allow there young developing prospects to travel to play winter baseball. The question has to be does the benefit outweigh the fallout. Wilson Ramos traveled to hit native homeland of Venezuela to spend time with his family and play some winter baseball and prepare himself for the upcoming 2012 season. This is the first time a Major League baseball player has had something like this happen to themselves, However this is not the first time something like this has happened.  Yorvit Torrealba had his 11 year old son was kidnapped and Ugueth Urbina whos mother was kidnapped. Luckily Both of these players were fortunate enough to find there loved ones alive and mostly unharmed all though Henry Blanco was not as lucky he lost his brother to a kidnapping.  Wison Ramos was one of the lucky ones and was found but is it worth the 100-120 at bats these players are getting to put one of your superstars in danger?  Is there anyway to limit where your players can go in the off season? The SF Giants start Pablo Sandavol says he is still planning his trip home as are other players I am sure. The question is are the few at bats these players get is it worth just creating more leagues here at home like the arizona fall league ?  Does this prevent and protect the investments of major league teams and the safety of our stars ? You never want to tell a player where they have to be or that they cannot spend time with there family but something has to be done to protect are players because the people responsible for these crimes are getting braver and braver.  If I am a owner or GM in Major league baseball I have to find other ways to develop my talent during the off season rather than put them in danger and if they want or need to travel abroad then we have to educate them as how to stay safe.  The day will hopefully come that we dont have to worry about this and everyone can be free to travel where they would like to.  I cannot wait for that day