Internet gambling Web site BetUS.com has posted 1-2 odds that Minaya will be fired before the end of the year. A winning $100 bet would return only a $50 profit plus the initial stake. Mets Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon said two days ago that Minaya?s job was safe this season even though the team has a losing record and is in fourth place in the five-team National League East. Wilpon?s comments came a day after Minaya sparked a verbal confrontation with a reporter. Wilpon ?doesn?t want to rock the boat before the end of a doomed season on the off-chance the Mets sneak into the playoffs,? BetUS spokesman Reed Richards said from the Web site?s Costa Rica-based office. ?Our bet is they don?t make it though, in which case Minaya will likely be gone at some point following the season.? Minaya has a three-year contract extension that?s set to kick in next season. Even so, he?s the overwhelming favorite to be the next Major League Baseball general manager to be fired, according to BetUS. Following him are Toronto?s J.P. Ricciardi at 5-1, San Diego?s Kevin Towers at 13-2 and Florida?s Michael Hill at 7-1. Brian Cashman of the New York Yankees and Dayton Moore of the Kansas City Royals are both listed at 8-1.