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
Update, 8 September 2026: Chapman reached it. He saved his 400th game on 6 September 2026 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, becoming the ninth pitcher in major league history — and the first born in Cuba — to reach… Continue Reading
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 two best Cuban pitchers alive are not in the major leagues. They are nearly 900 kilometres apart in Japan, both having the kind of season that gets remembered — and one of them is, as of 5 September, one… Continue Reading
Ten years after his death, the Cuban half of the José Fernández story: Santa Clara, four crossings, a year in prison at fifteen, and the number the Marlins never actually retired. Continue Reading
Of the four players who left Cuba around the Can-Am League tours, Julio Pablo Martínez is the only one who was there two seasons running — for Cuba in 2016, and then, in 2017, for a Can-Am club of his… Continue Reading
Yuniesky Gurriel is the eldest of the three Gurriel brothers and the one nobody outside Cuba talks about. He played sixteen Serie Nacional seasons for Sancti Spíritus, then became the first Cuban signed by the Can-Am League when he joined… Continue Reading
In March 2020, Major League Baseball declared Yoelqui Céspedes a free agent and MLB Pipeline ranked him the number one international prospect in the world. He signed with the Chicago White Sox for $2.05 million, spent three seasons in their farm… Continue Reading
The only certainty in baseball is the cost certainty owners have fought for in each successive collective bargaining agreement. Wages have effectively stagnated over the past 20 years. This is no more evident than in the International Signing market. The… Continue Reading
I recently sat down with The Baseball Podcast Twice. Ethan and Tom have been focusing on the upcoming World Baseball Classic. More specifically they have been bringing on guests with familiarity with different countries competing in the 2023 World Baseball… Continue Reading
