RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Are we worried about Jacob Misiorowski from a fantasy perspective? Could the Rays miss the playoffs? Fred Zinkie shares six bold predictions and Jeff Erickson adds one of his own.

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00:00 Six Bold Second Half Predictions

00:30 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

01:00 News

01:15 Jacob Misiorowski threw just 4 innings last night…..

09:00 Joe Ryan and Freddy Peralta got rocked…..

14:50 Braxton Ashcraft has hit the skids…..

16:10 Trea Turner and Jazz Chisholm Jr. both turned around disappointing seasons for one night

17:15 Bobby Witt Jr. and Julio Rodriguez left their respective games early…..

20:45 Edwin Diaz should be back this weekend or early next week…..

21:30 Max Meyer and Adley Rutschman both went on the IL…..

24:45 Kyle Teel (ankle) left the game and was later seen on crutches…..

26:25 Tommy White had four hits…..

27:40 Cal Raleigh hit a grand slam…..

30:00 Ronel Blanco struck out eight in his return

31:30 Circa

33:03 BlueWire

33:10 BOLD second half predictions.

33:15 The Rays will miss the postseason.

38:30 Led by their new leadoff hitter and starting shortstop, Jacob Wilson, the Red Sox will finish first in the AL East.

44:45 Sonny Gray will be the first pitcher since Felix Hernandez to win an ERA title without being chosen for the All-Star Game.

48:15 The Marlins will finish last in the NL East.

54:45 The Guardians will finish with the best record in the AL.

59:00 The Dodgers put the final nail in the lockout coffin by trading for Tarik Skubal and winning the World Series.

1:04:15 Jeff: Contra Fred - The Dodgers not only won’t win the World Series, they won’t get there.

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the first weekend of the second half discussing the surging Red Sox, the slumping Cal Raleigh, the sneaky good Bryan Reynolds and all the adds and drops in FAAB, plus much, much more!

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Erik is joined by Michael Govier to preview the American League trade deadline. Which bubble teams will buy at the deadline and which will become sellers?

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00:00 Headlines

4:00 Detroit Tigers

15:55 Toronto Blue Jays

20:45 Baltimore Orioles

26:10 Houston Astros

32:55 Boston Red Sox

37:40 Minnesota Twins

41:40 Seattle Mariners

47:40 Texas Rangers

54:40 Cleveland Guardians

59:10 Chicago White Sox

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Intro/Back at it to begin the second half!

Steak League FAAB:

Tommy White $11

Lance McCullers $4

Zach Thornton $3

Jackson Jobe $2

Tyler Locklear $1

Merrill Kelly $1

Ronel Blanco $1

Other names to consider: Edwin Diaz, Mason Montgomery, Carmen Mlodzinski



Two-start pitchers (week of July 20, 2026)

Mitch Bratt 0

Jeffrey Springs 0

Bryce Elder 1 (Todd 0)

Reynaldo Lopez 2

Shane Baz 3

Payton Tolle 4

Jameson Taillon 0

Andrew Abbott 3

Parker Messick 4 (Todd 5)

Slade Cecconi 3

Kyle Freeland 0

Erick Fedde 1 (Todd 2)

Jack Flaherty 3 (Todd 4)

Framber Valdez 4 (Todd 3)

Michael Wacha 3

Luinder Avila 0

Jose Soriano 3

Janson Junk 2 (Todd 3)

Jacob Misiorowski 5

Joe Ryan 5

Freddy Peralta 4 (Todd 3)

Will Warren 2 (Todd 3)

Cristopher Sanchez 5

Mitch Keller 1

Randy Vasquez 1

Walker Buehler 1

Tyler Mahle 2

Matthew Liberatore 3

Kyle Leahy 2 (Todd 3)

Drew Rasmussen 5

Nick Martinez 3

Nathan Eovaldi 5

Dylan Cease 5

Kevin Gausman 4

Andrew Alvarez 0



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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver wire targets to start the second half of the season.

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1:26 Chase Burns extension

4:52 Lance McCullers trade

7:44 Mickey Moniak

10:55 Zack Gelof

14:14 Sam Antonacci

17:56 Jake Mangum

21:09 Tommy White

24:30 Griffin Conine

26:22 Circa

27:57 Cade Cavalli

33:00 Christian Scott

33:49 Brandon Sproat

36:15 Peter Lambert

39:05 Dustin May

41:41 Zach Thornton

44:00 Tyler Mahle

48:54 Cam Smith

53:22 Edward Cabrera

56:47 Charlie Condon

1:01:14 Joshua Baez

1:03:29 Kade Anderson

1:07:55 Quinn Mathews

1:10:31 Garrett Whitlock

1:13:29 Luke Weaver

1:16:20 Smart Money

1:17:29 Outro

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