According to the always informative Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, Willie Randolph’s job status has become so unsafe that it essentially “day-to-day.” Rosenthal cites that there are large amounts of criticism out there for Randolph for having Billy Wagner come in the middle of an inning on Wednesday, rather than just pulling Mike Pelfrey after eight innings. 

However, at ESPN in his column “Rumblings and Grumblings” Jayson Stark thinks that while his job is by no means secure, Willie is safe for now:

But the fellow who has to make this call, Minaya, isn’t giving in to that talk. Minaya “has made his decision,” said the same baseball man. “And the decision is, this is Willie’s team. And he’s not going away.”

Well, so much for the ‘middle of an inning argument’, as Wagner come out the next day to start the ninth and blew it.  I really hate that comment too, closers are supposed to be your best relievers and sometimes they are such babies with things like, “I only pitch in save situations” or, “I enter games at the beginning of innings” and “I refuse to enter the game in the 8th.”  Their job is to be the team’s best reliever, and they should work when called upon. 

Back to Willie, I think unless we spark a turn around vs. the Rangers this weekend, it’s his time to go.  Depending on how the series goes, I could definitely imagine Willie not being on the plane for the west coast trip coming up, starting on Monday.