Owner Frank McCourt could fire Dodgers general manager Paul DePodesta this weekend, two Los Angeles newspapers reported Saturday.
The team is searching for a new manager, but that is apparently on hold pending McCourt talking to DePodesta, sources in the organization told the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily News.
DePodesta has been with the team since 2004 and has three years remaining on his contract.
Earlier in the week, Orel Hershiser interviewed for the managing job. Hershiser, one of the key members of the 1988 World Series championship team, met with McCourt and adviser Tommy Lasorda, but not DePodesta, the Times reported.