After a legendary career saw him become a three-time World Series champion, an MVP and a seven-time All-Star, Buster Posey is now leading the front office of the very team that he played for: The San Francisco Giants. 

The Giants have strayed from the days of success that Posey is used to, and now he brings in a fresh face to be not just the new manager for the Giants, but a new manager in MLB; Tony Vitello. 

Posey sat down with MLB Network at the Winter Meetings to discuss why he hired Vitello. 

“There's a lot of reasons,” Posey said. “I mean, when we started having conversations, first and foremost, just a really easy guy to talk baseball with, and it was apparent from the start that he was going to bring some energy to the clubhouse.” 

“But he's smart. He likes to tell you all the time. He's like, ‘hey, I'm the dumbest guy.’ You're like, ‘Tony, no, you're not.’ He's got a great baseball acumen; great way about him. And I think as much as anything, he's going to be a real connector of people, not just the players, but the coaching staff. And hopefully it's something that our fan base picks up on really quick.” 

Vitello’s ability to connect with those around him will come in handy. Posey has not played baseball since 2021. A lot has changed since then, and it will continue to. Therefore, he believes Vitello is well equippedto handle the ebb and flow of it all. 

“I mean, it has changed. I think back in to my career and it was it was interesting. I feel like I got like the first five years of more of the old school traditional way. And then it shifted near six, seven, somewhere around there. And It's different, but it's the same, right? So you're trying to figure out how you mesh the two of those together. And something Tony has talked about a lot is he wants to put a staff together where the players are not going to want for anything. And I think he's done a really nice job of doing that.” 

“And we just about got that buttoned up. And I'm excited. You're right, though, because there's a different expectation. I sometimes wonder if it's good or bad, because I still believe that there needs to be accountability on the player's part. And you have to take ownership in your own career. So, you want a support system, but you also want the players to understand is, at the end of the day, when you're done playing, you need to look back and say, ‘I was the one that was in control of my career.”’ 

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