Baseball and family are the reasons Detroit Tigers outfield prospect Roberto Campos defected from Cuba as a 13-year-old in 2016. His team won the Punta Cana International Tournament in the Dominican Republic, but Campos didn't return to his home country.
Campos, the tournament MVP, stayed with his brother in the Dominican Republic. Their father, who left Cuba the year prior, picked them up. Together, they began a new life. Three years later, that decision paid off with a Tigers contract in July 2019 with a $2.85 million signing bonus, which he used to purchase his family's home in Juan Dolio, about nine miles from the Tigers' Dominican academy in San Pedro de Macoris.