The Toronto Blue Jays are on the verge of missing the playoffs for a second consecutive year, and manager John Gibbons will likely pay a price for the dismal 2018 showing.

According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Blue Jays "seem destined to move on from" the 56-year-old, who's in his 11th season as manager. Gibbons signed a two-year contract extension in 2017, with a club option for the 2020 season.

After helping the Blue Jays reach back-to-back ALCS in 2015 and 2016, Gibbons seemingly bought himself comfortable job security. But the Blue Jays faltered to a 76-86 record in 2017, and enter play on Tuesday with a porous 51-60 record. Certainly, Gibbons won't be the only coach to lose his job after the season.

The Blue Jays rank just 18th in runs scored and 24th in team ERA. Gibbons obviously can't be blamed for every flaw, but the manager almost always takes the blame when a team performs the way Toronto has this season.

Toronto traded away J.A. Happ, Roberto Osuna, Steve Pearce and Seunghwan Oh at the trade deadline, and Josh Donaldson and Marco Estrada could also be moved some time this month.

Toronto is widely expected to see a massive roster change next year, which could include the arrivals of top prospects Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and Danny Jansen. Thus, moving on from 'Gibby' and bringing in a younger manager to work with the new group would make sense.

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Gibbons' first season as Blue Jays manager was in 2004, but he was fired in 2008 after the team limped to a 35-39 start. Then-GM Alex Anthopolous rehired Gibbons in the 2012 offseason, after manager John Farrell departed for the Boston Red Sox managerial opening.

So far, Gibbons has accumulated a 771-760 record as Blue Jays manager. But baseball is a brutal business, where even an accomplished skipper like Gibbons can take the fall for his team's poor play.

We likely won't hear about Gibbons' future until after the 2018 season. But Rosenthal is as reliable of a source as they come, so we can probably expect these final few weeks to be Gibby's last as manager of the Blue Jays.

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