Joe Maddon Quotes on Youth (4 Quotes)

I believe he's going to be fine. I truly do. I'm not worried. If he wasn't healthy I'd be worried. But he's healthy and I'm fine. It's happened to a lot of good pitchers in the past. I know he's a young man, but I have a lot of faith in him.

He can spearhead the leadership in that regard. That's what we're looking for and I really think our guys are capable. They're strong, they're young, they have good deliveries. They should be able to get to that point. It's all about pitch count and not giving up too much early in the game.

The most difficult pitch for a young catcher to catch is the glove-hand side pitch. You have a tendency to want to turn your glove the wrong way, and that's when you break your thumb or at least bruise it.

I'm trying to think of young hitters who have that command of the strike zone at a young age, and I haven't had many. That's really unusual. That's something that normally becomes nurtured, that eventually becomes part of somebody's game plan.