Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic recently reported that Tony Vitello, Tennessee baseball's head coach, is the favorite to fill the manager vacancy for the San Francisco Giants. Jeff Passan and Pete Thamel made the news official today.
Vitello, who has coached the Volunteers since 2018, is a St. Louis native. He went to De Smet high school and then played baseball at the University of Missouri. Vitello has transformed Tennessee into a powerhouse in the SEC during his tenure, and the program consistently churns out top draft picks in Major League Baseball.
One of those draft picks happened to fall to the St.