It has been a challenging start to the 2026 MLB season for the Giants and first-year manager Tony Vitello.Through 41 games, the Giants are 17-24 and were nine games under .500 as recently as Saturday, and the underwhelming start has drawn attention to Vitello’s inexperience as a major-league manager.However, Mike Krukow offered his support in an interview on KNBR’s “Murph and Markus” and said that Vitello’s management of the team is “unappreciated” and that much of the criticism is “unwarranted.”“First of all, there’s a lot of people who are really openly rooting against this guy,” Krukow noted. “They want him to fail because he didn’t go through the traditional channels of paying his dues.” Vitello’s hiring in October was an unorthodox move by president of baseball operations Buster Posey. No manager had been hired from the college level with no prior experience in the major leagues. As Krukow mentioned, many people disapproved of the hiring. Former MLB manager Joe Maddon notably called the move...