Besides the things he would do behind the scenes or produce for the show, Chris' on-air job during the show was mainly call screener, which he can't do remotely (as evidenced when Dan tortured Mike w/ screening Tua songs while running the board/show) so I can see how some corporate tool behind these layoffs would see that as the most expendable position on the show. Still sucks though.
For the people asking about Tony (insert Bomani's "No disrespect...but who the hell is Tony?), he took over as show booker for the show specifically as Allyson Turner moved up to book for all ESPN Radio so, just guessing, but being newer/cheaper and doing a show function that can still be done remotely might have kept him on.