As a former No. 1 pick, Floyd knows better than most that tampering with top prospects has historically been a career-jeopardizing proposition. “Most pitching coaches are fearful that if they tweak anything and they hurt you or make you even less effective, then all the eyeballs come looking at them,” he says. “I saw that a lot.” The consequence of cover-your-ass coaching was that players with the most talent received the least instruction.
