At 46, in his 28th season, Frederich Cepeda hit his 400th Serie Nacional home run on 17 October 2026 — the fourth player to get there, after Kindelán, Junco and Linares. Continue Reading
Yandy Díaz’s two-run home run in the eighth inning of ALCS Game 6 sent Tampa Bay to the World Series. He and Víctor Mesa Jr. are the only Cuban-born players on either club’s 40-man roster. Continue Reading
Héctor Olivera González, the Cruces hitter who led Cuba’s 1980 Selective Series at .459 and whose son reached MLB, has died at 73. His career, checked. Continue Reading
Álvarez, Arozarena, Díaz and Vargas are four of the ten 2026 AL Hank Aaron Award finalists. In 27 years, only one Cuban-born hitter has won it. Continue Reading
Two Division Series ended on Wednesday night, 7 October 2026, and both were settled by a hitter born in Havana. In the Bronx, Víctor Mesa Jr. broke a 2–2 tie in the sixth inning with a two-run home run, and… Continue Reading
Yordan Álvarez hit .316/.432/.601 in 2026 and led the majors in all three. No Cuban-born hitter had led the AL or NL in on-base percentage before — or in all three at once. Continue Reading
Yandy Díaz leads the American League in hits with five games to play. Nine AL hits titles have gone to Cuban-born players — and the last over a full season was Rafael Palmeiro in 1990. Continue Reading
Raidel Martínez pitched the ninth inning at the Tokyo Dome on Sunday, retired the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in order and closed out a 3–2 Yomiuri Giants win. It was his 40th save of 2026 and the 252nd of his career… Continue Reading
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
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
