Jon Morosi

I think Varland has been good, as you've discussed.

Hoffman has been good as well.

And Vladdy eventually is going to pick it up.

If you were to tell me that Kirk could be on the I.L.,

Springer on the IL, Barger on the IL, Vladdy not really driving in a bunch of runs.

I'd say the Jays would be about six and nine or thereabouts, which is exactly where they're at right now.

So I think that in some ways they're fortunate that the rest of the division has not run away from them yet.

And the fundamentals of this team, Varshow playing well, Jimenez playing better.

Once Vladdy gets back to being Vladdy, I do think that this team will look a bit more like the one we saw last year, even though they're clearly not at the level we saw in October.

And it's not fair to expect them to wake right up and be that team again.

They're not.

The personnel has changed.

Some guys are scuffling.

Some guys are injured.

They're not the same team.

But they can still find a path to October.

And right now, that's what's relevant.

It's a great question.

I don't think he's in jeopardy of losing his job.

But remember that there was a point where he had to really negotiate and leverage for his salary to where he became one of the highest paid managers in the history of the game.