Whicker: Manny Machado is still young, still in a hurry

Frank Valdez has seen them come, seen them go. He has loaded up the pitching machines and listened to the crackling practice, through long Miami nights.
He knew the minor leagues and he knew they wouldn’t hold Manny Machado very long.
“I told him he would be in the big leagues in three years,” Valdez said Wednesday night. “I don’t know if he believed it, but he proved me wrong. He got there quicker than that.”
Machado was drafted by Baltimore in 2011, the same