TR,
We change direction all the time within threads. I'm talking about a kid with virtually the same issues. He's a very intelligent kid who simply realized that given his talent he didn't have to suffer fools gladly and after being told "my way or the highway" once too often he chose the highway.
Yet he still wants to play baseball very much and works very hard at it. Fortunately, for him despite being a bit undersized and not having a ton of projectability he was correct in his assessment of his abilities and is still playing baseball at a fairly high level.