Jim Leyland Quotes on Youth (5 Quotes)

In fairness to Dmitri Young, if you're going out there and asking him to be Brooks Robinson and you don't think he's going to make an error now and then, you shouldn't do it. What you do is pick your spots. I think he's a pretty good athlete, I think he's got good hands, and I know he can hit. I've always liked him.

He just got some balls up. He'll be fine. He's a young pitcher. He'll have growing pains - couple on, couple off. We can live with that.

You always cringe when you're a manager when that happens to a young player. He's such a respectful young man he's such a polite kid. He doesn't want to say no to anybody. I think that's where an organization steps in and protects him a little bit.

I think for a young hitter, he uses the whole field as well as any young hitter. I think that's probably the biggest thing, to be honest with you.

I think this is a pretty talented team. We've got a nice combination of youth and veterans. We've just got to figure out why this hasn't happened yet.