30 Second Half Helpers

30 Second Half Helpers

Author: RotoWire.com July 9, 2025 Duration: 59:45

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 30 players that should prove to be more valuable over the second half of the season than they were in the first half.

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00:00 Fred Pod 7-8

00:30 Welcome

01:30 30 Players That Will Be Better in the Second Half

02:00 ARI: Kevin GInkel

03:45 ATH: Shea Langeliers

04:45 ATL: Austin Riley

05:30 BAL: Tyler O’Neill

08:00 BOS: Roman Anthony

09:00 Home Run Forecast

09:50 CHC: Ian Happ

11:15 CIN: Hunter Greene

15:00 CLE: Slade Cecconi

18:25 COL: Brenton Doyle

19:45 CWS: Grant Taylor

23:00 DET: Reese Olson

24:30 HOU: Brandon Walter

26:45 KC: Jonathan India

29:45 NFFC

30:30 LAA: Reid Detmers

31:30 LAD: Tyler Glasnow/Blake Snell

33:00 MIA: Agustin Ramirez

36:20 MIL: Nestor Cortes

40:00 MIN: Royce Lewis

41:25 NYM: Sean Manaea

42:10 NYY: Devin Williams

44:00 PHI: Max Kepler

45:00 PIT: Bryan Reynolds

46:05 BlueWire

46:20 SD: Yu Darvish

48:30 SEA: George Kirby

49:30 SF: Randy Rodriguez

51:30 STL: Ivan Herrera

53:00 TB: Chandler Simpson

54:40 TEX: Corey Seager

56:30 TOR: Anthony Santander

57:45 WSH: Luis Garcia Jr.

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