According to Jane Lee of MLB.com, the Athletics have made Red Sox pitching coach Curt Young their "top target" in the search for a new pitching coach. The A's are currently conducting a search after firing Ron Romanick following the season. Young was Oakland's pitching coach for seven years before leaving for Boston last offseason. He still has one year left on his contract, but there was already speculation that the Red Sox would not retain him for 2012. Lee writes that Young is expected to be "reeled back to the Bay Area by the end of the month."