Our old friend Jeffrey Paternostro heard that no one had claimed our Harol Gonzalez write up, and volunteered his services. Thanks, Jeffrey.
Signed at 19 years old out of the Dominican Republic in 2014, Harol Gonzalez was a long shot to even make the upper minors. He was an undersized righty even in his late teens, and sat mostly in the upper-80s with his fastball his first few years in short-season ball. Gonzalez’s deep arsenal with multiple breaking ball and change-up looks were enough to keep minor league hitters off-balance and even miss enough bats to carve that path to Triple-A.