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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 16h

I need a ridiculous check just to afford living in the Bay Area.

Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 19h

He's trying to say nice things about the state of Tennessee a state he is not from and probably will never coach in again. He could just be trying to be nice.

Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 19h

He has said he isn't in a relationship because he's "married to the game" My guess is hes pretty close to A Political and he's surrounded only by white male college athletes who are usually from affluent areas and most from the south.

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Melanie @kaymel.bsky.social · 20h

Nobody happier than Robbie Ray and Matt Chapman. #SFGiants

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 19h

This is essentially the Niners argument for Coach the Year and Assistant coach of the year.

San Francisco 49ers @sf49ers.bsky.social · 21h

In case you need a visual to describe how injured the 49ers are.

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 21h

With it being Devers Birthday I'd like to point out that his contract is better than VGJs and his numbers are pretty comparable to VGJs and he's actually won a world series before. So Though Vlad is a bigger name getting a shorter cheaper deal for Devers was GREAT.

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 22h

We are all saying "The Giants could be making a huge mistake, No one from College has ever jumped right into the pros" but what we should be asking is why is being a baseball manager so easy a guy like Boone, or Suzuki can just jump right in with no experience at any level.

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SF Giants Bot @giantbot.bsky.social · 23h

🤖 SF Gigantes

¡Feliz cumpleaños, Rafi! 🥳

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 22h

If this completely changes the expectations of the On the Field Manager. If Vitello has his hands in the development of guys in ACL and Low A and helps scout and sign international players and has a say in drafting. And creates systems and development staff like he did in Tenn. It changes the job.

Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 22h

Operation from scouting, to recruiting, to boosters, to NIL, to transfers, to FULL development of 17-18 year olds from athlete to first round pick. He turned an SEC program from a chronically 500 team into a perennial contender. Ultimately this could fail horribly. But I'm so excited to see

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 22h

He's developed skills, he's focused on details, he's motivated athletes to become their best selves, and he's done every little thing to find even a slight advantage and steal wins and made very few friends in the process. He's not a "Manager" that's a small job. He's a COACH. He has run an entire

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 22h

The best Managers in baseball take 90% of their cues from essentially a hedge fund manager that went to Yale and never touches a baseball and then manage personalities like a babysitter for millionaires.

Thats why Vitello is so interesting. He's never "Managed" millionaires. He's coached athletes

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 22h

the Job of Major League Baseball manager has become a very small job. They only are worried about 40 guys on their roster, they don't know anything about players they aren't scouting for next week. They only really control pitching changes and lineups and we know lineup success is basically random.

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 22h

The giants are top to bottom totally reinventing the way baseball teams are run. It’s fascinating but it only matters if it leads to wins.

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 23h

Vitello is amazing on the Mic. I imagine we are about to have the best post game press conferences in MLB history.

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 23h

This comment actually tells me a lot about Vitello's management style. They are friendly, but there is respect there. I am legit excited for this. It could go way off the rails and the bench coach hire is super important. But this could also make the Giants very very fun to watch.

SF Giants Bot @giantbot.bsky.social · 23h

🤖 Mike Wilson 🔁 by Shayna Rubin

Tony Vitello's first public remark after accepting the Giants' job: "By now, you all know I have officially accepted a position to babysit Drew Gilbert."

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 1d

I could see the Giants looking at next years Free Agent class headlined by Haywards own Tarik Skubal and deciding to bring in Woodruff, Verlander, and Scherzer on 1-2 year deals and hoping the young guys develop and then throw their money at Skubal in 27.

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 1d

The BA article really spells out why this Manager hire could be the biggest swing of any team in the offseason. Someone was going to hire a college coach. They are currently developing players much better than pro baseball and MLB wants to know how.

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Capt. Dustos, Vampire Hunter 👻 @dustinheron.bsky.social · 2d

why some say that hiring Vitello is proof Buster is building some old-school team stuck in the past baffles me.

From the moment he arrived in Knoxville in the summer of 2017, Vitello began building Tennessee as if it were a major league organization disguised as a college program. His first step was assembling a staff fluent in analytics and data—long before that became standard across the college game. Tennessee’s recruiting classes were sculpted with information and precision, and the results spoke for themselves: high-round draft picks, immediate contributors and a roster that played with the polish of a professional system.

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 2d

Best article on the hire out there

Baseball America @baseballamerica.com · 2d

Tony Vitello has already reached the summit of college baseball ⤵️

🏆 National Champion
💪 Reshaped Tennessee into an SEC giant
⚾️ Transformed the way programs build their rosters

So why not take a swing at the next level?

Here's why Vitello's leap to MLB makes perfect sense:

Why Tony Vitello's Leap To Giants, MLB Makes Perfect Sense

Jacob Rudner explains why the time is right for Tony Vitello, the college game's most dynamic and pro-ready coach, to make the leap to MLB.

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 2d

Baseball America had a great article about it. Right now College baseball is the best level for actually developing players. Players are not getting ready for the majors as fast in the minors or other leagues as they are in college. And Tennessee was the best at it.

Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 2d

I think they want Vitello to have a voice in everything. Especially when you think About how most of their top prospects are all college age.

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 2d

Drew Gilbert, as you might imagine, is just a little bit fired up today after his college coach became his major league manager (although he'll have to get used to not calling him "Coach Vitello" anymore):

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Mr. Martin @mrmartinoakland.bsky.social · 2d

My wife saw Gilbert go nuts on the rails and said "That's my new favorite player, that dude is a rabid chihuahua in a baseball uniform" and I can't wait to show her this quote. We might be buying opening weekend tickets just to see this insanity.

Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 2d

Drew Gilbert, as you might imagine, is just a little bit fired up today after his college coach became his major league manager (although he'll have to get used to not calling him "Coach Vitello" anymore):

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 2d

Buster Posey didn’t just think outside the box in hiring Tony Vitello to be the new manager of the San Francisco Giants, he’s thinking outside the warehouse the boxes are stored in.

How I learned to stop worrying and love the Giants’ hire of Tony Vitello

Buster Posey didn’t just think outside the box in hiring Tony Vitello to be the new manager of the San Francisco Giants, he’s thinking outside the warehouse the boxes are stored in.

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