One thing I noticed with non-national Arsenal now, before the pandemic, was their business model: Get/assemble a solid group of position players and some serviceable pitchers. But, then reach out to the best pitching prospects in the Tristate and have them come into the tournaments for free to showcase themselves and sell/build the Arsenal brand.
My son played with Arsenal for one season. It was a very strong team. They had at least 4 or 5 pitchers who were legit D1 prospects - and all of them played somewhere else and would just pop in for an Arsenal start or appearance in a tournament and then go back to their main team. I am convinced that JC would recruit them off Instragram and have them guest for Arsenal. Personally, it seemed brilliant and it worked. But I think it worked because the Arsenal have that "brand" name and it helps to lure the pitchers. Stalking and poaching on Instagram isn't going to work if your team name is The Bad News Bears and no one has ever heard of you.