Wow. The stories of front office meddling on 1st round draft picks sure is damning too. Telling scouting directors no, you can't take that player. Mentioned Haber in specific as well.
Oof the talk of outside scouts burying Jacob Gonzalez is not what I want to hear. But it surely tracks.
Pretty much concluded there is no impact to be seen. An average regular at best if he pans out.
Baseball America podcast about cold starts from top draft picks. Jacob Gonzalez amongst those discussed. They start the topic around the 1 hour 31 minute mark.
I sure hope he puts it back together. The carrot on a stick of getting traded to a contender and out of this garbage organization is all the motivation one should need.