San Francisco Giants President of Baseball Operations Buster Posey shocked the baseball world by hiring Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello to replace Bob Melvin as the Giants' manager, making Vitello the first person in history to make the jump from college coach to MLB manager with no previous experience. Vitello needs a coaching staff for 2026, and The Athletic's Andrew Baggarly wrote that Twins bench coach Jayce Tingler could be a candidate to become San Francisco's bench coach.
On Saturday, @extrabaggs wrote that Jayce Tingler could be a candidate to take over as the #SFGiants' bench coach when Tony Vitello got hired as manager.