[6][7][8] Gonzales entered his junior year in 2020 as a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.

[13] He did not play a game after signing due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[14] Gonzales made his professional debut in 2021 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the High-A East, slashing .302/.385/.565 with 18 home runs and 54 RBIs over eighty games.

[17] Gonzales played for the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Eastern League in 2022, where he hit .263 with 7 home runs and 33 RBI across 71 contests.

[19] On June 23, 2023, the Pirates selected Gonzales to the 40-man roster and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time.