If Andrew Baggarly isn’t as close to an unimpeachable source when it comes to Giants rumors and breaking or near-breaking news, then no beat writer is. He mentioned Tennessee Volunteers coach Tony Vitello as a possible replacement for Bob Melvin when this whole search began, and just moments ago on The Athletic, he, Brittany Ghiroli, and Ken Rosenthal posted an article that suggests Vitello will wind up being the 42nd manager in franchise history.

In between this surprise, there was talk of Bruce Bochy, Nick Hundley all but had the job before the Padres position became available (at least, this is me reading between the lines); and other catchers including Vance Wilson and Kurt Suzuki were interviewed while local medial clamored for the team to trade for former backup catcher and current

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