Yordan Álvarez Hits His 40th Home Run — the Fifth Cuban-Born Player to Reach 40
Yordan Álvarez hit his 40th home run of 2026 on 17 September, a career high and only the fifth 40-homer season by a player born in Cuba. Continue Reading
Author: Glen More
Liván Moinelo Wins His Fifth Since August — 0.87 ERA in Six Starts
Liván Moinelo beat the Orix Buffaloes on 15 September for his fifth win of the season. It was his sixth appearance of the year. He did not throw a competitive pitch until 11 August. That is the whole story of… Continue Reading
Miguel Vargas’s 31st Home Run Puts Him Fourth in White Sox Third-Base History
Miguel Vargas hit his 31st home run of the season on Monday 14 September, a two-run shot to left field in the top of the sixth at Cleveland that scored Kyle Teel and sent the Chicago White Sox to a… Continue Reading
Víctor Mesa Jr. Is the AL Player of the Week — Havana to Tampa Bay the Long Way
Víctor Mesa Jr. was named American League Player of the Week on 14 September 2026, for the week of 7–13 September. It is the first major league Player of the Week award of his career, and it arrived thirteen days… Continue Reading
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Designated for Assignment by the Diamondbacks
Arizona designated the Cuban-born outfielder for assignment on 13 September 2026, twelve days after activating him from the injured list. Continue Reading
Cuba Names 45 for the U-23 World Cup — and Draws the Hard Group
Cuba has named a 45-player pre-selection for the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup in Nicaragua, and the draw has put it in the harder of the two groups. Continue Reading
Raidel Martínez Saves His 250th Game in Japan — the First Foreign Pitcher Ever to Get There
The Yomiuri Giants closer reached 250 NPB saves on 10 September 2026, faster than anyone in Japanese baseball history. Continue Reading
Aroldis Chapman Saves His 400th Game — the First Cuban-Born Pitcher to Get There
Aroldis Chapman has 400 career saves. The 400th came on 6 September 2026 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, a scoreless ninth — one hit, no walks, two strikeouts — to finish a 3–1 Boston Red Sox win over the… Continue Reading
Lázaro Montes Homers in His First Major League Game — and Becomes the 30th Cuban of 2026
Lázaro Montes reached base in each of his first three plate appearances in the major leagues, and the third one left Fenway Park’s centre field at 106 miles an hour. The 21-year-old Havana-born outfielder debuted for the Seattle Mariners on… Continue Reading
The 60th Serie Nacional: Granma’s Pandemic Championship, Game by Game
The full bracket of Cuba’s 2020–21 Serie Nacional, a postseason stretched over ten weeks by Covid postponements, ending with Granma beating Matanzas four games to two on 4 April 2021. Continue Reading