According to a recent report from Jon Heyman of the New York Post and distributed by MLBTradeRumors, the Seattle Mariners are interested in former Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli. 

We already know that the Mariners are set to interview former Houston Astros manager Joe Espada, but we've gotten very little other details about the team's pursuit of a new skipper.

Of course, it's also possible that the Mariners are interested in candidates with the Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays, all of which are still playing. 

Here's what you need to know.

A native of Rhode Island, Baldelli was a first-round selection of the Devil Rays in 2000. He made his major league debut in 2003 and instantly performed well, finishing third in the AL Rookie of the Year voting. After an also-solid second season that saw him hit .280 with 16 homers, Baldelli saw injuries take their toll. He missed all of 2005 with injury and then never played more than 92 games in a season after that. Those 92 games came in 2006, and then he played 35 in 2007, 28 in 2008, 62 in 2009 and 10 in 2010. He finished his career with a .278 batting average, 60 home runs and 60 stolen bases.

Baldelli spent seven years with the Twins as skipper, going 527-505 (.511). He won 101 games in 2019 and took the Twins to the playoffs three times, however, he only won one playoff series, going 3-8 in October.

The Twins let him go after the 2025 season and he spent this season working as a special assistant for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He's still only 45 years old.

1) Well, he's done the job before, which Jerry Dipoto indicated was important to Seattle.

2) He's been to the playoffs before, so he has experience helming a team to October.

3) He's been with the Dodgers, now seeing what the internal structure of one of baseball's best organizations is.

4) He's managed the Twins, a team with a mid-market payroll, something he'd also encounter with the Mariners.

Well, he went just 3-8 in the playoffs, and for a team that is looking to get to the first World Series in team history, that's not quite the playoff resume you'd want.