Funny...DD's HS was just the opposite. You had to be a pretty good player just to make the team. The typical starting lineup was an "all-star" group of TB players from well-known teams.
We have polar opposites in our league. At the top are teams where decent TB players are on the bench on varsity, or playing JV. At the bottom are teams with zero TB players. Last year, my DD's HS team had more players who had never been on a softball field before than they did TB players. Every game except one was a run-rule finish, win or loss. Her team went 6-8. My DD has been the only '22 player on her team every year, and was the team MVP as a freshman. There have never been more than 4 players with TB experience on the team. The killer is that there are quite a few talented players in the area. Most of them (including 2 of her TB teammates) go to private schools. This year will be brutal. Our only pitchers graduated last year. I'm praying for a magical unicorn freshman with a hot arm and a good change up.