in the shadow

Dont worry since you are only a sophmore...The other kid could have peaked earlier. They can look at more than one kid on a team also. You are a lefty which is good, so long-toss and strengthen your arm so you gain velocity.
Work hard and if your good enough they will find you.

oriole21

A good player on the team will help everyone else be seen during the process of the scouts looking at him

TR, agree completely. 2 years ago my son joined a travel team that had the best pitcher I had ever seen. Yes, he was tops on the staff, which meant for the first time in his life, my son wasn't.

But when the scouts came out to see our team, sometimes they saw the stud, sometimes they saw my son instead. Sometimes they saw other talent on the team as well.

The moral of the story is: Don't begrudge anyone else their success. In fact, seek out successful players and hang as close to them as you can! There's room for lots of folks to succeed. Plus, you might even learn something from other successful players.

P.S. If you are only throwing 70 at age 16, you aren't going to get a lot of looks until you get your velocity up, so for now, worry more about your own development and less about others'. You are a good 10+ mph behind your competition at this point.