"The Giants officially introduced new manager Tony Vitello at a press conference on Thursday. San Francisco hired the 47-year-old away from the University of Tennessee, where'd been arguably the best college baseball coach in the country. He signed a three-year contract that reportedly pays $3.5MM per season and comes with a vesting option for 2029. According to Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area, the option would vest if the Giants make the playoffs in 2028."
"The hire will cost the Giants quite a bit more than $3.5MM in the first season. Maria Guardado of MLB.com was among those to note that the Giants also covered Vitello's $3MM buyout to get out of his contract at Tennessee. John Shea of The San Francisco Standard observes that they're also eating $4MM in dead money after exercising their 2026 option on Bob Melvin's contract in July. Moving on from Melvin to Vitello will wind up costing the Giants $10.5MM in year one."
The San Francisco Giants hired Tony Vitello away from the University of Tennessee as their new manager, signing him to a three-year contract reportedly worth $3.5MM per season with a vesting option for 2029 that would vest if the Giants make the 2028 playoffs. The Giants paid a $3MM buyout to Tennessee and are absorbing $4MM in dead money after exercising Bob Melvin's 2026 option, bringing first-year costs to about $10.5MM. Buster Posey had decided to move on from Melvin before the season ended. The team picked up Melvin's option on July 1, went 9-15 in July, sold at the deadline, and finished the season .500.
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