On another thread, a poster said that it does not really matter if a pitcher starts pitching early (ex. 8U) vs learning how to pitch in high school, with the theory that "you either have it or you don't" and used Monica Abbott as an example. In general, I disagree with this statement and would have to think that a young pitcher would have thousands of hours of practice and game tested experience that must be an advantage over someone who only started pitching in high school.