What stood out to Drew Gilbert when Tony Vitello recruited him to Tennessee

SAN FRANCISCO — When Buster Posey began his search for a new Giants manager, he used the word “obsessive” to describe the type of work ethic and commitment to detail he was looking for. The current Giant who has the most experience with Posey’s choice has known for years that Tony Vitello will go to great lengths to accomplish his goals. Drew Gilbert played for Vitello at Tennessee, and his former coach has credited the outfielder for helping to change the mindset of the entire baseball program there. But Gilbert wasn’t originally supposed to play for Vitello.Gilbert was a two-way star at Stillwater High School in Minnesota when he first met Vitello, who came to watch him at a showcase in Indiana. At the time, Gilbert was committed to play collegiately at Oregon State, but Vitello, who was just getting started in Knoxville, pushed hard to change that. “He recruited really, really hard — really, really hard,” Gilbert said on Monday’s “Giants Talk” podcast. “But at the time I didn’t think anything of Tennessee because he had just gotten there. There was nothing really to be excited about...