{"id":540403,"date":"2026-01-27T11:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/540403\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:05:22","slug":"why-harrison-bader-believes-giants-tony-vitello-will-be-successful-mlb-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/540403\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Harrison Bader believes Giants’ Tony Vitello will be successful MLB manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Harrison Bader believes Giants’ Tony Vitello will be successful MLB manager<\/a> originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area<\/a><\/p>\n

Tony Vitello has yet to manage an MLB game, but the Giants manager already has earned the confidence of San Francisco\u2019s newest outfielder Harrison Bader<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bader, who reportedly agreed to a two-year, $20.5 million dollar contract<\/a> with the Giants on Monday, explained why he has the utmost belief in Vitello as a first-year MLB manager during an interview on \u201cThe Show with Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s awesome, I really do,\u201d Bader said when asked about Vitello\u2019s hire. \u201cBaseball is the same at every single level. You add some guys in the stands, it may speed up a little bit, but it\u2019s the same game. If you have success at a very high level in the SEC, there\u2019s no reason you can\u2019t have success at the major league level. I\u2019m excited for him and his family to go out and test that. I know he has got the energy for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vitello spent eight seasons at the University of Tennessee, posting an impressive 341-131 record while leading the Volunteers to the school\u2019s first national championship in 2024.<\/p>\n

Bader played his college ball at the University of Florida, making connections to plenty of players and coaches who are familiar with Vitello, all of whom seemingly had glowing reviews of the new Giants manager.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEverybody I\u2019ve spoken to that knows him \u2014 and I\u2019m an SEC guy \u2014 I\u2019m cut from the cloth of Brad Weitzel, Kevin O\u2019Sullivan, and for those guys who know those guys over at Florida, we\u2019re all cut from the same cloth,\u201d Bader said. \u201cSo, that level of baseball, it doesn\u2019t really get better in the country, in the world at that level.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m excited for him to take what he did, building a really, really good program at Tennessee, I\u2019m excited to play for him and work with him and grow with him and learn from him because you never stop learning in this game at the major league level. So, it\u2019s going to be exciting, I know he brings a lot of energy. Everybody has the greatest things to say about him, and that\u2019s all you can ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bader concluded by lauding Vitello\u2019s high-octane energy, citing the need for an invigorated manager over the course of a 162-game season.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just want consistent, high, positive energy over the course of a seven, eight month season,\u201d Bader explained. \u201cI certainly have no reason to believe he can\u2019t bring that ands I can\u2019t wait to work alongside him. It\u2019s going to be great, I know he\u2019s excited, I know he has done a lot of things this offseason in creating that level of foundation and familiarity with a lot of his players, which is awesome. He cares a lot, clearly, which is great. I\u2019m just looking forward to it all \u2026 I just can\u2019t wait to dive into it all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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