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Signs are pointing to the San Francisco 49ers releasing wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk at the end of the 2025 season, according to Dianna Russini and Michael Silver of The Athletic.

“Every week is an audition for me, being on a one-year contract ,” Dowdle told reporters in the Panthers’ locker room. “All 31 teams are always watching. So I wouldn’t say just this week in particular but I definitely know I’ve got to go out there and do my best.”

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk may have already played his last game with the team. Aiyuk was expected to return to the field at some point this season after recovering from a devastating knee injury suffered last year, but as the season starts to wind down, things have only gotten more murky.

The Orioles tendered first baseman Ryan Mountcastle and several of their other arbitration-eligible players their contracts for 2026.

Side-arming left-hander Ryan Yarbrough and the New York Yankees have finalized their $2.5 million, one-year contract.

British engineering company Babcock said its bids for building frigates for Sweden, Denmark and Indonesia were going in the "right direction", after it reported a 19% jump in first-half profit and forecast further growth this year.

The Detroit Tigers went into Friday’s deadline to tender contracts to arbitration eligible players without too many question marks. The main one was whether utility infielder Andy Ibáñez would get a contract,