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I would seriously like a bit of an explanation of your statement that Wedge refuses to play guys who are young.
From where I sit, he handed Michael Saunders the job in 2011 when he was not ready and the kid hit .190 for a whole month before we finally let someone else try. He handed Montero the danged clean-up spot in the order the first month he was here. He let Ackley lead off while he was hitting .240 (!)...for most of his first full big league season! And bat him second or third in 2011 in his first partial season (!) He let Casper Wells, Eric Thames, Trayvon Robinson, Carlos Peguero, and Alex Liddi get 150-300 PA seasons including stretches where they got to start to see what they could do. They all basically failed except Wells and Liddi, but they had their chances. Even Greg Halman had a significant audition.
He pointed to Seager after one complete season in the minors and said "That guy is my starting third baseman." And he was. Forever!!
He let Smoak hit for TWO FULL SEASONS! While batting about .210 with only occasional power (!).
He held offseason camps expressly for the big name YOUNG players on the Ms roster where he made it clear this was going to be their team and they had to put in the work. And many of them got noticeably better after said camps, especially Saunders and Seager.
He didn't like how Montero looked catching, but he still gave him 50+ games to get his feet wet in his first full season.
What would Wedge have had to do to convince you that if he thinks you put in a professional at bat and play hard in the field, you'll play? Let a 17 year old dominican IFA play without A-ball?