re: Excuse my ignorance, did we always have pitcher injuries in the 90s and early 2000s?

And so many parents are disillusioned to extremes that they all think their kid just needs more camps, more games, more 1 on 1 to be the 2nd coming of Greg Maddux. They do nothing but live and breathe pitching, because they have to if they're going to stay competitive and get in front of scouts.

It never occurs to them that if their kid really were MLB talent, they wouldn't hardly have to work at it at all until college/minor leagues. Those extra camps and extra 1 on 1s aren't going to take a regular kid and make him into a big league arm, no matter what the coaches might say.

I was fortunate enough to get to play a few sports with a few people who had successfull professional careers. Once you see how much better they truly are compared to everyone else, with zero effort at all, you realize that despite what you've been told, you can't work your way into a major league bullpen. You've got to have the natural ability first and foremost and no amount of camp is going to develop that. If you do have that, the scouts will find you and will see it.