If I had any faith in Rogers hiring an advanced stats aficionado and forward-thinker and not some idiot like Dan Duquette I wouldn't give two shits if they fired Shatkins at this point. I'm not calling for it and this isn't some knee-jerk reaction, I'm just looking at the overall body of work and not seeing a ton of stuff to like. Hiring a dipshit manager, marginal trades like Diaz for Thornton, and basically not partaking in down free agent markets (while giving 5 year extensions to 2 WAR talent) to cut payroll isn't exactly inspiring stuff.