SAN FRANCISCO — Since the end of the Giants’ 2026 MLB season, Tony Vitello has spent just about every weekend at a big-time college football or NFL game. Vitello is hoping to pick up some more knowledge on coaching and training before his second season, and he’s not the only one on staff who is gravitating toward another sport. On Thursday, the Giants named James Rowson their offensive coordinator, a title that came from the former New York Yankees hitting coach himself. A day later, on a call with local reporters, Rowson explained why he’s taking an approach more commonly found in football.
“I always felt like the NFL kind of had a good model for this,” Rowson said. “In the NFL, they have running back coaches, they have wide receiver coaches, they have individual coaches for areas — but at the end of the day they have an offensive coordinator who is trying to put all of that together, who is trying to figure out what’s the best way for us to go down there and score as a club. And again, it’s focused on scoring. I feel like baseball can take a page from that, which is very similar to me.