#DSTfamily: Join us in congratulating Dondrei Hubbard (
@drealhub20) on his signing a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals (
@nationals)!
If you know Hubbard’s story, you know his road has been far from east, and now it’s still far from finished.
Undrafted out of NAIA
@msu_comets, Drei went overseas to play in the Czech Republic for
@dracibrno before returning to the states to play in the Pacific Association and the Fronteir League in 2019.
In the 2019-2020 offseason, he signed with the San Diego Padres - marking his first opportunity in affiliated baseball. That opportunity quickly disappeared as we were hit with the COVID-19 pandemic. The MiLB season was cancelled, and Drei was released. Forget the career opportunity, Drei didn’t even have the opportunity to unpack his bags at spring training before it was over.
Drei responded as he always does. He got back to work. Putting up impressive numbers in the Constellation Energy League in Houston, he then signed to play fo...