Breaking News: Red Sox Hire Curt Young As Next Pitching Coach

"According to multiple baseball sources, the Red Sox are set to announce the hiring of Curt Young as their next pitching coach. Young had spent the last seven years as the pitching coach of the Oakland A's, with his staff forging the best ERA of any organization both over that time span and in the 2010 season, when a young staff led by Trevor Cahill led the A.L. with a 3.58 ERA (WEEI)."

Nothing shocking here as it was rumored for weeks, but I did get a little worried that someone like the Yankees might grab him. Young did a great job with the A's and I think he will do a great job here. Maybe a new voice controlling the rotation will resurrect guys like Beckett, Lackey, and Dice-k.

Curt Young Going To Be Red Sox New Pitching Coach

It is sounding more and more like former A's pitching coach Curt Young will be the new Red Sox pitching coach. From everything I have read this is a great signing. Young ended up wanting too much money from the A's and that's why he was let go.

The A's always have one of the best starting pitching ERAs in the MLB. Some of that could be because of their park, but they must be doing something right to be pumping out all these very good starting pitchers.

And for all you John Ferrell haters out there, his pitching staff posted a 4.11 ERA in his tenure, which is 3rd best in the league during that span.