Giants predicted to make unfair Tony Vitello decision after failed experiment

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May 7, 2026 - 18:42

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The San Francisco Giants are tied with the Colorado Rockies at the bottom of the National League West with a 14-23 record.

There is a lot wrong with this team right now, and it would not be a surprise if things didn't get better going forward.

Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report is predicting that things will continue to go south, and the Giants will fire Tony Vitello in his first year as manager.

"The Tony Vitello experiment lasts a maximum of 162 games," Miller writes. "If they actually continue on that trajectory (sub 550 runs scored), Vitello might not even last until Game 162, let alone get brought back in 2027."

While the Giants' struggles this season are incredibly frustrating, it's still a bit unfair for the Giants to blame Vitello for the failure this season.

Giants ending the Tony Vitello experiment would be a bit unfair

The Giants' struggles this season have been with both the offense and the pitching staff. The biggest issue is clearly the offense.

They're currently on pace for 513 runs scored, which would be just the second time in the last decade with a team scoring below 550 runs, with the 2024 Chicago White Sox the only other team. That's not good company for the giants to be in at all.

While Vitello isn't free from some blame, how much blame can really be ascribed to him, considering Rafael Devers, Willy Adames, and Matt Chapman are struggling so much this season?

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They're all performing well below their career norms, and that's not something that Vitello can realistically be blamed for.

The same goes for the pitching staff, which has seen Adrian Houser and Tyler Mahle underperform, with Logan Webb struggling and Ryan Walker fighting some troubles in the bullpen.

Vitello does deserve some blame for how the season has unfolded, but ending this experiment just one year in might be a bit unfair to the first-time manager, considering the roster he was handed might not have been as good as previously thought.

Buster Posey deserves plenty of blame for how the team has turned out this year, along with the individual players who've struggled, also deserving some blame.

Vitello might get fired for the production this season with the Giants. But, with the roster he was handed, and how the individual players have performed, it's not solely Vitello's fault that things are going this wrong.