With Roenicke out in Milwaukee, which managers remain on the hot seat?

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* The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ron Roenicke even though the team seemed to be getting healthy and digging out from its April slump. The Brewers had won three of four when general manager Doug Melvin made the announcement Sunday night, but long-term the Brewers had been fading. They led the National Central by 6½ games at the end of June last season and were still only a game behind first-place St. Louis when September began. But their offense fell off the map and they finished eight games out. This year, the Brewers had injuries, but didn't hit or pitch well, either. The new manager is Craig Counsell, who played for the Brewers in the National League Championship Series versus the Cardinals in 2011.

* Who are the next managers in danger of losing their jobs? The top two would have to be John Gibbons of Toronto and Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox, who were swept over the weekend in Minnesota. Neither team has a deep rotation. The Blue Jays are struggling with youth at the back their rotation and White Sox have journeymen. Each manager is dealing with high expectations, although White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf usually has a slow trigger when it comes to firing managers. Terry Francona and Cleveland are off to a slow start, but it's hard to believe the Indians would give up on Francona.

* Philadelphia's Ryne Sanderg is also on the hot seat, but the Phillies' issues are more with their front office not being able to trade big-name players so a rebuilding process can begin. Sandberg and Paul Molitor of the Twins are two of three Hall of Fame players who have started their managing career after being elected to Cooperstown. The other is Ted Williams, who managed the American League's Washington Senators and Texas Rangers.

* Former Oriole Nelson Cruz of Seattle leads the American League with 13 home runs as he takes aim at his second consecutive title. Moving to the spaciousness of Seattle's Safeco Field isn't going to help Cruz, who has hit 10 of his first 13 home runs on the road.

* Miami second baseman Dee Gordon, 27, in D.C. this week to play the Nationals, is off to a fast start, leading the NL with a .440 average while getting on base at a .463 clip. If he continues to get on base this much, he's going to steal 75-80 bases. Gordon played for the Dodgers last season, and while they liked his speed, they didn't get the feeling that he was going to get on base enough. Gordon had a .300 on-base percentage in the second half last season, and the Dodgers decided to trade Gordon and acquire Howie Kendrick from the Angels to replace him.

* The Cardinals had three extra-inning walk-off wins at home against the Pirates over the weekend and don't seem to be bothered much about losing ace pitcher Adam Wainwright for the season. Lefty Jamie Garcia, the forgotten man who has been out with shoulder injuries for two seasons, might be the long-term replacement for Wainwright. But after a strong spring, Garcia is still about a month away with his minor league rehabilitation assignment. The games went into extra innings each tied 1-1 before the Cardinals won. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle joked that World Cup soccer has always been on his bucket list, and now he's going to cross that off.