Los Angeles Dodgers executive Rocco Baldelli is a frontrunner for the managerial jobs opened by the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners this offseason.

The Mariners relieved manager Dan Wilson of his managerial duties following the close of the 2026 season, as did the Astros with manager Joe Espada. With Baldelli’s managerial experience, it’s only natural the 45-year-old is drawing attention from the rest of the league.

Baldelli, who played in the majors from 2003-2010 with the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox, got his start in managing in 2019, when he took over the Minnesota Twins nearly a decade after his playing career ended. He won 101 games in his first season as a manager with the Twins, earning the AL Manager of the Year award, though his team lost in the first round of the postseason without winning a game.

He won his first postseason game with the team in 2023, snapping an 18-game losing streak in the postseason. After that, though Baldelli failed to get his team into the postseason.

He remained with the team through the 2025 season, finishing his time as the manager with 527 wins to 505 losses. The Twins finished 2025 with a 70-92 record in 2025, leading to Baldelli’s dismissal.

After the Twins fired Baldelli, the Dodgers signed him on as a special assistant to president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, with whom he formed a professional relationship while playing for the Rays.

The Astros and Mariners are the only two teams reported to be in on Baldelli, but a third team could enter the mix shortly after letting go of their manager.

The Los Angeles Angels declined to pick up manager Kurt Suzuki’s option for the 2027 season on Wednesday, opening up a spot as the team’s manager for the second time in as many years. The Angels are sure to give Baldelli a look, especially given his proximity to the team.

Baldelli, a proven manager, will definitely draw the eyes of teams across the league, managerial opening or not, so the Dodgers may have trouble holding on to him beyond the 2026 season.

Wednesday is here, and that means the first NFL injury reports of the week are out. Before you set your fantasy football lineups, you need to make sure you catch up on all the biggest injury updates for the top stars. This is our fantasy football injury report for Week 7.

Jackson got in some work at practice on Wednesday. There is hope that he can return to action in Week 7, but it is far from a lock that he will play. If he's unable to go, Tyler Huntley would be in line for another start.

Mayfield was able to get in a full practice on Wednesday. While this doesn't guarantee that he will play in Week 7, it is a very promising sign. We would consider him to be on the right side of questionable for Sunday.

Hall was unable to practice on Wednesday and is still considered week-to-week based on what we've last heard. There is a chance he could return, but it's not looking great. Braelon Allen will get another start if he can't go.

There is optimism surrounding Judkins' ability to get on the field this week. We would put him on the right side of questionable after being a game-time call last week with an ankle injury. If he can't go, you'll need to monitor the status of Dylan Sampson, who could also be returning to action this week from IR.

Love was unable to practice on Wednesday, and since the team is holding him out to get his ankle fully healthy, it would make sense if they gave him another week off. Still, this is a situation to monitor. Tyler Allgeier and Bam Knight would likely split the backfield again if he's ruled out.

Monangai has once again been ruled out this week and will not play on Thursday Night Football. D'Andre Swift will lead the backfield again, with Roschon Johnson working in behind him.

Irving was unable to practice on Wednesday because of an illness. We wouldn't expect this to put him in danger of missing Week 7, but it's worth monitoring.

Montgomery was not able to practice on Wednesday, and we have no reason to expect him to return this week from his groin injury. He should be viewed as a long shot to play in Week 7 as of now.

Charbonnet has a shot to make his season debut this week after tearing his ACL back in January in the NFC Championship Game.

Mason is expected to return from IR this week and get back on the field for the Minnesota Vikings.

Rice was unable to return to practice on Wednesday and is now in danger of missing another game with a hamstring injury.

Egbuka is now in the league's concussion protocol and is dealing with a foot injury. We don't know much about his foot injury, but he will have to clear the concussion protocol if he's going to play this week.

Kirk has a shot to be activated from IR this week. If he does play, he could immediately step in as the Niners' WR1.

Mitchell was a limited participant in practice today and has a shot to return from his finger injury. If he does return, he's more likely to damage Omar Cooper Jr's value than be a viable fantasy option.

Tyson will not return to practice this week and will not play in Week 7.

Warren did not practice on Wednesday after missing Week 6 with a groin injury he suffered late in the week. We will have to monitor this situation closely throughout the week.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Everything has changed for Daniel Jones in the first six weeks of 2026.

The Colts went all-in on Jones last offseason, making him a priority signing with a two-year, $88 million deal that signaled Indianapolis believed he could be the team’s quarterback of the future.

But Jones has not been able to live up to that promise, and the team’s ugly 2-4 start led to the firing of general manager Chris Ballard on Monday, opening up the possibility that Jones’ days in Indianapolis are numbered.

Indianapolis head coach Shane Steichen has been asked repeatedly about his belief in Jones as the team’s starting quarterback. If a new general manager wanted to get out of Jones’ contract next season, it would only cost $35.2 million in dead money, saving Indianapolis $11.6 million in cap space for a roster that would likely be in a deep rebuild.

“The biggest thing for me is playing good football, like it is with all of us in this locker room,” Jones said. “I don't think it's a time to think about that, think too far ahead. I don't think we can afford to do that. I think we've got to play good football this week.”

Jones has not played good football this season.

It comes fresh off a 2025 campaign when he shocked the NFL by completing 68% of his passes, averaging 8.1 yards per attempt and posting a 100.2 rating.

Uncertain in the pocket and limited by a receiving corps that has little explosiveness with Alec Pierce injured, Jones is completing 59.6% of his throws, averaging 5.9 yards per attempt and posting an abysmal 71.1 quarterback rating.

While Jones is not the only reason the Colts got off to a 2-4 start, which convinced owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon to fire Ballard, his play is one of the biggest reasons.

Ballard repeatedly said last offseason that getting Jones back was one of the keys to winning in 2026, even though Jones was recovering from a torn right Achilles tendon.

“Your play, and the results of these games, affects people,” Jones said. “You feel that as players. I feel that as a quarterback. You’ve got to play well, we’ve got to win. I’ve got to put the team in position to win games.”

Irsay-Gordon made it clear in the statement she released announcing the decision to fire Ballard that she still expects to win games this season. If the Colts do not win, there will likely be more changes.

“I think you understand how important it is to play well and to win,” Jones said. “We know that. I don’t think that’s changing. … It definitely makes you feel something. There’s a reaction here in the locker room, within the building. You understand what’s at stake.”

Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown cover the Colts all season. Get more coverage on IndyStarTV and with the Colts Insider newsletter.

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Entering the 2014-15 NHL season, the New York Rangers were the class of the Eastern Conference, and a legit Stanley Cup contender. That was only more so when they acquired defenseman Keith Yandle ahead of the trade deadline.

So why did Yandle jump ship and leave the Rangers just two seasons later?

Let’s start from the beginning, well sort of. Ahead of 2014-15, the Rangers just came off of a trip to the Stanley Cup Final. They defeated the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins in consecutive epic seven-game wars in the first two rounds, before taking out the Montreal Canadiens in six emotional games in the Eastern Conference Final. Though the Rangers lost in five games to the Los Angeles Kings in the best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final, expectations were sky-high for the 2014-15 season.

The Rangers core was still largely intact, and in its collective prime. Rick Nash (30), Derick Brassard (27), Mats Zuccarello (27), Derek Stepan (24) and Chris Kreider (23) were all offensive pillars, while Ryan McDonagh (25), Dan Girardi (30) and Marc Staal (28) were considered long-term pieces on the blue line. New York also had a few “win-now” veterans in the mix, including 39-year old Martin St. Louis and 38-year old Dan Boyle.

Oh yeah, the Rangers also had this 32-year old goaltender named Henrik Lundqvist.

On March 1, 2015, the Rangers entered the trade deadline as a really good team, looking to become a great team. At 38-17-6, the Rangers sat in second place in the Metropolitan Division, two points behind the neighboring New York Islanders. Wanting to supplement their core on defense, Rangers GM Glen Sather took a pretty big swing.

That day, the Rangers acquired Yandle, who had 41 points in 63 games at that point, along with Chris Summer and a fourth-round pick in 2016 from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for 24-year old defenseman John Moore, 19-year old forward Anthony Duclair, a conditional first-round pick and a second round pick. It was a heavy price to pay, but a seemingly worthwhile gamble for a team trying to avenge their loss in the 2014 Cup Final.

After the trade, Yandle put up 11 points over the final 21 games of the regular season, helping the Rangers finish first in the division and win the Presidents’ Trophy for most points (113) in the NHL. He then added an additional 11 points in 19 Stanley Cup Playoff games, though the Rangers ultimately fell one win short of a second straight trip to the Cup Final, losing Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final to the Tampa Bay Lightning on home ice at Madison Square Garden.

The Boston native returned to the Rangers in 2015-16, the final season of a five-year contract that he signed in 2011 as a member of the Coyotes. New York again reached the postseason, but only won a single game in the playoffs, bowing out in five games to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the best-of-7 first round series..

It was at that point that the Rangers began to make significant changes to their roster, signaling that this era — one that brought about a lot of winning, but did not yield that elusive Stanley Cup championship — was coming to an end. Derick Brassard was dealt to the Ottawa Senators, the deal that brought Mika Zibanejad to town. Eric Staal and Dominic Moore were among the players that left in free agency, and Dan Boyle chose to retire.

Then, there was the curious case of Yandle. Days before free agency, the Rangers traded him to the Florida Panthers for two draft picks, after which he signed a significant seven-year, $44.5 contract.

On a recent podcast appearance, Yandle shared some interesting insight about how, and why, that transaction came to be.

Yandle appeared as a guest on a recent episode of Wingmen, the podcast hosted by brothers Matthew and Brady Tkachuk. As expected, Yandle was full of hilarious stories and one-liners, including a wild story about a prank that he and Kevin Hayes pulled with the Rangers on up-and-coming young forward J.T. Miller.

The conversation also included some interesting insight from Yandle about his decision to leave New York, and how he ended up in Florida without ever technically becoming an unrestricted free agent.

“Luckily for me that summer, the UFA d-men were like me, [Brent] Seabrook, [Dustin] Byfuglien, there might have been one other guy, and all of those guys had signed with their teams during the year,” Yandle explained. “And, I was kind of the biggest name left.”

As it turns out, Yandle already weighed his options for where he would land next, and someone in his circle was singing the praises of the Panthers for quite some time.

“My best friend, at the time, was working for the Panthers, and that whole year, all he would talk about was this kid [Aleksander] Barkov and this kid [Aron] Ekblad,” Yandle said. “[Jonathan] Huberdeau and [Vincent] Trochek, He was telling about all of these kids coming up.

“Obviously, living in Florida, I knew [that me] being from Boston, my wife’s from Boston, a lot of people visit down there. When I was in Florida, it seemed like every month, someone was in town, so it made a lot of sense logistically.”

The logic behind the change in location was sound, as was the desire to be a veteran on an up-and-coming team. Yandle was entering his age-30 season at the time, and likely viewed Florida as a team that was on the verge of competing for championships.

“I didn’t want to re-sign in New York, just because I saw the team kind of going down a little bit,” Yandle said. “Guys were leaving.

“I never even got to [unrestricted free agency]. New York offered me [a contract], and I said no. And then, they asked me where I wanted to sign, and I told them Florida, so they traded my rights to Florida. So, I never even was a UFA. We got it done before July 1.”

You can watch the full exchange here:

Yandle played the next five seasons in Florida, totaling 231 points in 371 regular-season games. On July 15, 2021, the Panthers bought out the final two seasons of the seven-year contract he signed back in 2016.

He went on to play 77 games with the Flyers in 2021-22, finishing with a shocking minus-47 plus/minus mark, and retired following that season.

Along the way, Yandle put together the longest Ironman streak in NHL history, playing 989 consecutive games between March 26, 2009, and March 29, 2022. Since he retired, two players passed his record — Phil Kessel (1,064 consecutive games played) and Brent Burns, whose active streak sits at 1,017 straight games.

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