Don't sweat this. We were in about the same situation, private school, competitive baseball, son is a MIF. Freshman year he had a few varsity starts at 2nd, behind a senior who had not yet finished his basketball season, but son primarily played JV. It was a great experience to grow and mature with his buddies on the JV team, and he actually got to pitch and had a no hitter. It was so cool! Thank goodness he was playing JV.
He started at SS on the varsity team his sophomore year, on a heavy senior team with high expectations for success. It was a different level of pressure 