{"id":54875,"date":"2025-11-15T20:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/54875\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T20:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:39:28","slug":"san-francisco-trades-for-former-kentucky-baseball-pitcher-in-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/54875\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco trades for former Kentucky baseball pitcher in MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former Tennessee baseball head coach\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2024\/06\/27\/photos-tennessee-vols-baseball-head-coach-tony-vitello-through-the-years\/79296693007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Vitello<\/a>\u00a0was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2025\/10\/22\/san-francisco-giants-hire-tony-vitello-as-manager-in-mlb\/86774247007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hired<\/a>\u00a0as the Giants\u2019 manager in MLB on Oct. 22. He was <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2025\/10\/30\/tony-vitello-introduced-as-san-francisco-giants-baseball-manager-mlb\/86988325007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">introduced<\/a>\u00a0as San Francisco&#8217;s manager on Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Giants traded for a former SEC pitcher on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">San Francisco traded right-handed pitcher Mason Black to Kansas City for right-handed pitcher Logan Martin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Martin played at <a href=\"https:\/\/ukwildcatswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Kentucky<\/a> in 2023 after transferring from Sewanee. He appeared in nine games, including eight starts, for the Wildcats. Martin (1-1) recorded 30 strikeouts and a 4.44 ERA in 26.1 innings at Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He was assigned to the Giants&#8217; High-A affiliate Eugene on Tuesday. Martin was selected in the 12th round of the 2023 MLB draft by the Royals (No. 349 overall).<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">San Francisco will open\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2025\/11\/06\/tony-vitello-first-game-with-san-francisco-giants-announced-in-2026-mlb-spring-training\/87123305007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spring training<\/a>\u00a0under Vitello on Feb. 21, 2026 against Seattle at Peoria Stadium in Peoria, Arizona. The Giants will host the Yankees on March 25, 2026 to open the MLB season at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Vitello compiled a 341\u2013131 (125\u201385 SEC) record with the Vols, winning one national championship, two SEC regular season championships and two SEC Tournament titles from 2018-25.<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2024\/06\/27\/photos-tennessee-vols-baseball-head-coach-tony-vitello-through-the-years\/79296693007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:8|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\">Tony Vitello through the years<\/a><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2025\/10\/21\/tony-vitello-tennessee-vols-2025-fall-baseball-scrimmage-photos\/86821913007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - Tony Vitello at Tennessee&#039;s 2025 fall baseball scrimmage photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/86821932007-img-6591.jpeg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow Vols Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VolsWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VolsWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Tennessee baseball head coach\u00a0Tony Vitello\u00a0was\u00a0hired\u00a0as the Giants\u2019 manager in MLB on Oct. 22. 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