Buster Posey seems to have his mind made up on Tony Vitello's future with SF Giants

With how badly the SF Giants have struggled this season, there has inevitably been speculation about first-year manager Tony Vitello’s job security. President of baseball operations Buster Posey can’t be happy with how this season has gone, but he seems to approve of the job Vitello is doing.

Appearing on KNBR, Posey said the following when asked to evaluate Vitello’s performance: “My frank evaluation is Tony and his staff are doing a really good job… I get to see their interaction. I get to see their work. I get to see them trying to solve this puzzle that we’re in right now. So I think Tony and his staff are doing a great job.”

A lot of fans will roll their eyes at Posey’s answer, but what else can he really say? Unless the Giants completely fall apart the rest of this year and it becomes obvious to everyone that Vitello has lost the clubhouse and no one respects him, then the Giants will probably have to give him at least one make season.

Posey already fired Bob Melvin after picking up the option on his contract last year so if he were to publicly approve of the job Vitello is doing and then fire him a few months later it would be tough to imagine a bunch of people lining up to take the job when it would be clear that there’s some very obvious dysfunction in the organization.

Vitello is not the only one to blame for Giants' rough 2026

Vitello shouldn’t receive all of the blame for this season, but he is certainly not faultless. He and his staff have look unprepared at times and have allowed mental errors and mistakes to persist whether it’s defensively or on the basepaths. The number of times runners easily stole bases or Giants baserunners forgot how many outs there were this season was jarring.

Posey said he wanted a detail-oriented staff and maybe behind the scenes they are sweating the details but it certainly isn’t reflected on the field which is the only place it matters. Basic fundamentals are often assumed and taken for granted at the big league level but even the best players in the world need to be reminded of the finer elements of the game sometimes.

Maybe Vitello doesn’t feel he’s earned the right to do that since he came straight from the college ranks but it’s his job to make sure the team is as prepared as possible and the team has not always looked very prepared.

The front office deserves the bulk of the blame for this season since the Giants did not add enough pitching to be competitive, but the coaching staff has been far from flawless.

Posey may feel the need to keep Vitello around next season just to avoid what would be a bad look if they dismissed him after just one year, but things need to change on the field for fans to feel the same level of optimism that Posey has publicly when it comes to Vitello and the coaching staff.

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