Hours before Washington's game against Tampa Bay on Saturday, reports surfaced that manager Manny Acta could be on his way out. The report claimed that Acta would be fired by week's end and replaced by bench coach Jim Riggleman. Nationals president Stan Kasten didn't confirm or deny the reports: "I would never talk about personnel, because I don't. I've been asked a variation of that question [about Acta's job security] -- from some media outlet -- almost every day since the first week of the season. And if I had a policy to talk about personnel, I'd have to do that story every single day. "Having said that, I can't tell you how perplexed I am by this season and this team and the things that are going on. And our record is, you know, very troubling for me every single day. . . . So yeah, I'm troubled by everything. We continue to look for solutions. Have I thought about every possible recourse? I have. As has [acting general manager] Mike [Rizzo], as have our owners. We're certainly not satisfied with our record; far from it. We're distraught over it and we're going to consider everything we need to do to make it better."