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Kudos for continuing to rotate the players into different positions vs. fielding the the "winner" team. That practice will stop once they hit 9+ age group as kids/parents/coaches starting prioritizing wins vs. experience. You will also notice that once they get older the boys that are just "killing time" will fall away and you'll have more committed kids on the team. At 7 most of these kids are there to have fun. I remember when my son was 7 - we had a couple boys in the outfield off looking for bugs when a ball came their way. At the end of the day most didn't know if they won or lost (even when it was a 10 run mercy rule) and were eager to get their post game snack.

If you're serious about the competition part then there's always a local travel league/team. Not saying your son will get better coaching/experience that route though...I have been there and done that...
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