The Giants and outfielder Will Brennan have reached a one-year deal. Brennan had Tommy John surgery on his left elbow last ...

The two longtime coaches have been close since Vitello was a walk-on at the University of Missouri, where Tingler was the ...

More than two decades later, Vitello and Tingler are reunited in San Francisco, their first opportunity to work together since Vitello was a coach and Tingler was a player on that 2003 Missouri team.

Tony Vitello and Jayce Tingler became friends as teammates at Missouri. A quarter-century later, when the San Francisco Giants named Vitello as manager, Tingler was his first hire.