"With a growing feeling that Clint Hurdle's staff will lose at least one person, if not two, the coaches must sit in limbo until Hurdle meets in a few weeks with general manager Dan O'Dowd.

"When they say we need to wait, that means there are decisions to be made. I have been around long enough to know that," said bench coach Jamie Quirk, a lifetime baseball man who is widely respected by the players. "Every job I had, I coached like I would be there forever."

Multiple coaches said they have not been told of their fate. "