Read signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in January 2011. He spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons playing in the Dominican Republic with the Dominican Summer League Nationals in the rookie-level Dominican Summer League. He batted .157 with four home runs and 22 runs batted in (RBIs) in 42 games in 2011 and improved to .251 with nine home runs and 47 RBIs in 62 games in 2012.\n', '

In 2013, Read played in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League for the Gulf Coast League Nationals, who that year finished their regular season with a record of 49-9, giving them the highest winning percentage (.845) for a full regular season ever achieved by a minor-league baseball team based in the United States. The team then won all three of its playoff games, defeating the Gulf Coast League Pirates in a single-game semifinal playoff and sweeping the Gulf Coast League Red Sox in the best-of-three league championship series, to become the 2013 Gulf Coast League champions. Read appeared in 40 games during the championship season, batting .252 with two home runs, 17 RBIs, and two stolen bases.\n', '

Read spent 2014 with the Auburn Doubledays of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League, appearing in 57 games and hitting .281 with six home runs and 32 RBIs. He continued to rise through the Washington Nationals′s minor-league system, splitting 2015 between the Hagerstown Suns of the Class A South Atlantic League and the Potomac Nationals of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, hitting .244 with five home runs and 36 RBIs in 82 games with the Suns and going 7-for18 (.389) with two doubles and five RBIs in five games with Potomac. He spent all of 2016 with Potomac, playing in 101 games and hitting .262 with nine home runs and 41 RBIs. \n', '

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