Giants' Ron Wotus on return to the dugout: ‘He made me an offer I can't refuse'
A fixture in the Giants dugout for decades, Ron Wotus was there in uniform Wednesday night at the request of new manager Tony Vitello. "It makes us a better club."
Ron Wotus takes notes in the Giants dugout as the San Francisco Giants played the New York Yankees in their 2026 Opening Day at Oracle Park in San Francisco, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/S. F.
Chronicle) After 35 years, Ron Wotus still has that coaching itch. Serving as Team Italy's bench coach during their whirlwind World Baseball Classic run earlier this month intensified that itch, but watching the San Francisco Giants ' season unfold from afar as a special advisor to the president of baseball operations the last few years kept that itch most active. Wotus is back in the Giants' dugout during Wednesday night's 7-0 loss to the Yankees, not officially on the coaching staff, but suiting up for home games to lend his deep expertise to a rookie manager in Tony Vitello .
"I'm happy to help in any capacity that I can. That's what I'm here to do," Wotus said of his role. "I'm a Giant.
I want us to win. I want us to be the best we can. So wherever I'm best served, that's where I want to be.