From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at AT&T Park

It’s pretty safe to assume the A’s will be looking for a new hitting coach soon: Chili Davis interviewed for the Yankees’ open spot today, he tells me, and he’s heading to Boston tomorrow to interview with the Red Sox.

Davis, of course, played for the Yankees, and he seems as if he would be an excellent fit there. He was Boston’s Triple-A hitting coach before coming to Oakland before the 2012 season. Needless to say, the two behemoths of the AL East typically pay their coaches more than other teams do, and it’s very unlikely that the A’s would match a financial package offered by either team.

The A’s are already looking for a new bench coach. Mike Aldrete, the top candidate for the job, is the Cardinals bench coach and St. Louis is known for paying its coaches well, too, but Aldrete is from Monterey and still lives there. Being closer to home might be enough of an inducement – along with the fact that Chip Hale, Bob Melvin’s bench coach the past three seasons, just landed a manager’s job with Arizona. Aldrete has not even gotten a call about any open manager’s jobs while with the Cardinals; if the A’s can convince him they’re a good springboard for coaches – ala Hale and Davis – then he might be convinced to leave what is assuredly a good situation. The Cardinals are regulars in the World Series in recent years, and playoff shares can double coaches’ income.

In case you missed it on Twitter, Stephen Vogt told me Tuesday evening that his right foot surgery went well and his recovery will take 6-8 weeks, as expected. Vogt had a plantar plate tear repaired.