Unfortunately, John Farrell has moved on to Toronto. There is no doubt he has done a great job as pitching coach, with his best accomplishment being his involvement in the development of Lester and Buchholz. The new guy in Boston is Curt Young, who is not a bad pitching coach either. Actually, you might say he is a very good one. He spent the last 7 seasons as Oakland's pitching coach, where he has flown under the radar as a result of the A's not being that great, but just like Farrell, he has done an exceptional job of developing young pitchers. During his time as pitching coach in Oakland's system which stems all the way back to 2000 (spent 4 years as PC in the minors), 2 Oakland pitchers have won ROY (Huston Street in 05 and Andrew Bailey in 2009), and 2002 Cy Young Winner Barry Zito came up through the Oakland system under his watch. He also played key role in the development of Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, Dallas Braden, Gio Gonzalez, Dan Haren, Joe Blanton, and Rich Harden, all of whom have developed into respectable MLB starters in his time in Oakland. All things aside, this is a man who is well-respected throughout baseball, and knows how to develop young arms, which the same person we have come to know John Farrell as over his 4 years in Boston.
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