Tony Vitello Makes Splash Hire On His Inaugural San Fransisco Giants Staff
Former Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello has made a splash hire to his inaugural San Fransisco Giants coaching staff. The Giants are finalizing a deal to bring Ron Washington onto Vitello’s staff as the franchise’s major league infield coach, the USA Today’s Bob Nightengale first reported on Thursday. Washington is a longtime professional baseball coach […]
What Josh Elander Said About Hiring Josh Reynolds As New Tennessee Pitching Coach
Tennessee baseball officially announced the hire of Josh Reynolds as the program’s new pitching coach on Thursday afternoon. Reynolds replaces long time pitching coach Frank Anderson who left the Tennessee program for a role with the San Fransisco Giants. Here’s what Josh Elander said in a statement about promoting Reynolds from Director of Pitching Performance […]
Josh Elander Promotes From Within To Replace Frank Anderson As Tennessee Baseball Pitching Coach
Tennessee baseball is expected to promoting from within and hire Josh Reynolds as the program’s new pitching coach, Baseball America’s Jacob Rudner first reported and a source confirmed to RTI on Wednesday night. Reynolds replaces Frank Anderson, who is expected to leave for a position on Tony Vitello’s staff with the San Francisco Giants. Anderson […]
Tennessee Baseball Pitching Coach Reportedly Expected to Leave For Position With San Francisco Giants
Tennessee pitching coach Frank Anderson is expected to leave for a position with the San Francisco Giants, according to a report from Knox News’ Mike Wilson. It’s uncertain what Anderson’s role would be on Tony Vitello’s staff in San Francisco, but he will not be the pitching coach. Vitello hired Pirates pitching coach and MLB […]
Tennessee Baseball Assistant Following Tony Vitello To San Fransisco
Tennessee Director of Baseball Performance Quentin Eberhardt is leaving the Volunteer program to be the new Director of Performance for the San Fransisco Giants, GoVols247’s Ben McKee and KNS Mike Wilson first reported on Friday afternoon and multiple source confirmed to RTI. Eberhardt was integral to the success of Tennessee’s baseball program over the eight […]
Tony Vitello Has The Perfect Response After Former MLB Manager Said His Hire Was ‘Insulting’
Former MLB manager Joe Maddon made headlines this week after making some striking comments on the San Francisco Giants’ hiring of Tony Vitello from the University of Tennessee. The move was unprecedented, with Vitello being the first coach in major league history to jump straight from college to the pros, but Maddon went so far […]
Tennessee Baseball Announces 2026 Recruiting Signing Class
Tennessee baseball announced the signings of 14 total commits on both Wednesday and Thursday as Josh Elander puts together his first signing class as the Vols’ head coach. The Vols currently have 17 players committed with a trio not expected to sign this week. That group includes shortstop Landon Thome (No. 82 player), right-handed pitcher […]
Box Score, Play-By-Play: Tennessee Baseball 2025 Fall World Series Game One
FINAL: Orange 6, White 0 Tennessee baseball is at Lindsey Nelson Stadium Friday afternoon for game one of the Orange-and-White Fall World Series. It’s the first of three formal intrasquad scrimmages this weekend as Tennessee puts a bow on a chaotic fall practice that saw Tony Vitello leave for San Fransisco and Josh Elander take […]
San Francisco Giants Make Big Power Play To Bolster Tony Vitello’s First Season In The Bay
The San Francisco Giants and President of Baseball Operations Buster Posey are making a massive power play move behind the scenes to help strengthen Tony Vitello’s first season in The Bay. According to a report from Fox Sports: MLB on Wednesday night, the Giants are bringing former manager Bruce Bochy back into the organization as […]
Why Tony Vitello is Ditching No. 22 with the MLB’s San Francisco Giants
After unprecedented success with Tennessee baseball, including a hoisting of the national championship, it’s not hard to imagine Tony Vitello’s iconic No. 22 could be retired within the program one day. After his move to the MLB to manage the San Francisco Giants, he’ll have to get used to a new number on his back, […]