Same here. Got a young barlet and kieffer. Both of them got 3 or 4 competeing leaders, all with sharp crotch angles.
Tried spreading one, Split oen the middle of the tree. Tapped it back with grafting tape. It healed luckily.
With 30 going on 40 apples trees, why not try a pear or two. Got a saturn peach in the orchard. Hear they don't like heavy soil, it;s brother died back down to the stump last summer.
Kieffer was a wierd one. Didn't look too lively. Got the nursery manager to give me half off on it. Buds didn't pop till mid june or so. I was literally walking to it with a shovel to dig it up when I saw the buds coming alive. It caught up good this year for leafing out so late too.