Cuba's Yordan Alvarez wins the American League batting title

The Houston slugger finished at .316 as the Major League Baseball regular season closed, another Caribbean name atop an American leaderboard.

Yordan Alvarez, born in Cuba, won the American League batting title at .316 as the Major League Baseball regular season ended. The Caribbean's export of elite baseball talent is an old story, but the leaderboard at season's end is a reliable place to find it.