I will chime in. Is there politics, money any of those issues in high school baseball - sure. Are they at my sons high school - possible. My question is - what can I do about it? Nothing. Deals and politicking behind closed doors are situations I have no control over - and neither does my son. Best bet is to work towards his goal. Is it to play in college - then work towards it. Tune out all the noise in the background and work on what you can control and try and forget the rest.
Atlnon - good to hear you guys have a good coach. My son left the school when the basketball coach was made the baseball coach. Now he was a terrible baseball coach. In halftime during the basketball games you could hear him screaming at the players in the locker room over the crowd - he did win at basketball though.