Key Highlights
- He ended up in the Giants' minor leagues and was due to make an appearance with the Giants' MLB club but got injured. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementStill, Tidwell could not have come to a better situation for himself.
- Guess who's going to manage him at the big-league level?
- None other than his old University of Tennessee head coach, Tony Vitello.
- Vitello managed both Gilbert and Tidwell at the Knoxville, Tenn., school. And don't think for one minute that Vitello does not believe in Tidwell at all.
- He's probably, outside of his own family and friends, Tidwell's biggest supporter."Blade is every bit as good or better than some of the guys who are having real, real success in the big leagues right now," Vitello said at the Winter Meetings, according to an article from Giants reporter Maria Guardado of MLB. com."I have high hopes for him.
