The San Francisco Giants seem to have settled on a brand new supervisor, and it’s a selection nobody noticed coming.
The Giants plan to rent College of Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello as their new supervisor, in line with Andrew Baggarly, Brittany Ghiroli and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The 2 sides haven’t but finalized a deal, however are stated to be “closing in” on the rent.
The choice is a shocker for a variety of causes, together with that Vitello had not been linked to this or another MLB job. The 47-year-old has no expertise teaching on the MLB degree and has solely managed on the school degree since 2018.
The transfer is “almost unprecedented”
Vitello has undoubtedly been profitable at Tennessee. He’s 341-131 in eight seasons and led this system to a School World Sequence title in 2024. The leap from school to the professionals is a big one, nevertheless, and The Athletic report notes that it is “almost unprecedented” for a school coach shifting straight to MLB on this vogue.
The Giants had been drawn to Vitello due to his charisma and magnetism. Giants president Buster Posey was searching for a “huge persona” to enhance the ambiance of the clubhouse, and we’ve seen loads of proof of that type of persona throughout his time at Tennessee. Followers may count on some memorable ejections from him primarily based on what we’ve seen on the school degree.
No matter his deserves, the Giants are taking an enormous danger on a supervisor who’s basically unproven at this degree. The truth that he was already quite well-compensated at Tennessee means that they’ll be paying him a reasonably good sum of cash to make the leap, too.
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