"There seems to be an abundance of real solid young pitching."

"This team out there, with the young pitching, the talent that they have, they could go out and win a World Series," he said.

"We had some good young pitching," said Corrales, who joined the coaching staff in June 1990.

"A team like the White Sox last year used a lot of young pitching and did well," Alderson said.

The Braves have lost 8 of 10 since starting 13-1 and Pittsburgh's young pitching has been a major contributor to that slump.

He's developing young pitching, and he's not willing to overspend.

Green had hoped to build a team around young pitching, and that is what he has now.

We had young pitching and guys who could play the game.

"We had something they needed - young pitching and controllable players," Ricciardi said.

"The best way of helping our young pitching was to improve the defense," Schuerholz said.