Tony Vitello will have a familiar face in his corner as he prepares to make his unprecedented leap to the majors.

Hunter Mense, who played under Vitello at the University of Missouri, is leaving his position as the Toronto Blue Jays’ assistant hitting coach to become the Giants’ new hitting coach, according to a report from The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon.

Mense, 41, has been on the Blue Jays’ coaching staff since 2022. Prior to that, Mense served as the hitting coach for the Blue Jays’ Double-A affiliate in ’18, then spent three seasons as the team’s minor league hitting coordinator.

Toronto boasted one of baseball’s best offenses and pushed en route to pushing the Los Angeles Dodgers to seven games in the World Series, finishing the regular season with the third-best OPS (.761) and fourth

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