From JOEL SHERMAN

I wrote about Willie Randolph’s plight into today’s Post. Met officials have indicated that the Wilpons do not want to eat the last year of Randolph’s managerial contract, that they do not want to embarrass him with a firing before he returns to Yankee Stadium as an All-Star Game coach and that they are unsure if they have the right replacement to motivate a difference in the roster. But if the losing persists, none of that is going to protect Randolph, even in the short term. Jeff Wilpon, in particular, has never been overly fond of Randolph and his patience for the manager and the way events are transpiring for the team is just about on empty.

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