Let’s imagine..
Beane has smartened up. He commits to: “McDermott ain’t it”. After all, these two aren’t blood brothers. At some point, they will turn on each other, and I want a fierce fight, so the winner has earn his keep (and I hope it’s Beane).
So he lets the defense put up bad stats and uses that to fire McDermott, forcing him to publicly cry that injuries are reason for bad stats.
It just might work