Giants stoked for Tony Vitello experiment to begin: 'Ready or not, here we come'
Giants took a risk hiring Tony Vitello straight from college. His first MLB test? The New York Yankees.
SAN FRANCISCO — Three-time New York Yankees MVP Aaron Judge will be hanging in right field. Home run king Barry Bonds will be sharing his thoughts for the world to hear. Future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols will be on a microphone.
Future Hall of Famers Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy and Buster Posey will be sitting together in the San Francisco Giants executive suite. But the most high-powered microscope will be zeroed in on the 47-year-old dude who never played a professional baseball game, never managed a professional baseball game, and has never even attended an opening day game. Tony Vitello will make baseball history by becoming the first person to ever manage a major-league game directly out of college with zero professional experience.
The San Francisco Giants' new manager will be baseball’s guinea pig for the 2026 season, which could either open the floodgates for collegiate coaches to fill MLB vacancies – or close the door for any organization to ever consider such an idea again. “Well," Vitello says, “I’m ready. “I’ve got no other choice at this point, right?
’’ Vitello, who coached at Tennessee , winning the 2024 national championship, looks into your eyes and won’t lie to you. He’s going to be nervous. He’s used to big games being against LSU on Friday nights on the SEC Network.
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