Arizona Diamondbacks chief baseball officer Tony La Russa disputed a report that manager Chip Hale's job may be in jeopardy.
On Tuesday, Dan Bickley of the Arizona Republic suggested that if the Diamondbacks suffer a poor month of May, then Hale could be looking for new employment.
La Russa rejected Bickley's story Thursday, which made the claim without citing any sources, per Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports:
There's no sense to that — none. I have a lot of respect for Dan. I don't know how he figured that.