Charlie Manuel Quotes on Youth (8 Quotes)

This is new territory for Utley. This is a lot of baseball for a young guy.

That concerns me, of course, but that's who we got. They've been pitching on regular turns and they're ready. Both are young, and both are going to be good big-league pitchers. The ability is there for them to give us five or six innings.

He reminds me of a young Willie Stargell. This is an award he definitely won. We were very fortunate to have a player like him in the minor leagues. When Thome went down, the rest was, like, history. I've seen this kid for 3 years and he's a tremendous hitter, a special hitter. He's going to be doing it for a long time.

We've been careful because it is so much different. This is the longest he's ever gone. He had some problems at the end of last year. It's something you have to teach your body to handle. He's still really young, so we want him to be good for a long time.

For a young guy like him, when you sit there and dont play much the pitching gets ahead of you. Its hard. Thats asking a lot out of him. I think it could hurt him.

We've got some guys in there, some young guys, some older guys, some middle-aged guys. We've got guys who've been around. We've got some guys who are new. I think all those guys know exactly where we're at.

Gavin had a rough outing. I'm concerned about him. At the same time, he's young, he needs experience. If we want him to develop, we keep sending him out there.

Chase is in new waters right now. The last month of the season is always hard on a young player. I might give him a day off. He'll be fine.