i don't know about your league rules where you live. But here in mount vernon, my best friend and i were asked to move up to 10 to 12 year old little league teams because we pitched fast enough. If anything i would have been pissed that my friend on another 9,10 year old team was asked to move up and not me. I took it as a compliment, league looked at it as a way to help a stinky team in the little league bracket that was 0-12 with next to no pitching staff add a few pitchers to the team.