In The 'Pen

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) take an early look at relievers likely to be traded before the deadline.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) analyze the most legitimate breakout relievers of 2025.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) determine the best bullpen in every division.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down a crazy week of bullpen shakeups.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the unluckiest relievers in baseball and determine if positive regression is incoming.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the luckiest relievers in baseball and determine how bad their regression might be.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the advanced statistics leaders early in the 2025 season.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the relievers with notable alterations to their arsenals.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the relievers with the largest increases and decreases in their primary fastball velocity.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the early-season Stuff+ and PLV leaderboards to uncover 2025's nastiest relievers.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) discuss bullpens where fantasy mangers can still take action to record more saves.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) predict every team's end-of-season saves leader.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) react to the notable bullpen usage from Opening Day 2025.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) preview the closer and discuss a key storyline for every National League bullpen ahead of the 2025 campaign.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) preview the closer and discuss a key storyline for every American League bullpen ahead of the 2025 campaign.

In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) discuss the relievers their targeting and fading in 2025 fantasy drafts.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) are joined by Kyle Bland (@blandalytics) as they discuss notable bullpen-adjacent Spring Training storylines ahead of the 2025 campaign.

In The PenAt the outset of Spring Training, Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down Rick's brand-new updated 2025 Top 50 Closers and the notable news coming out of Spring camp.

In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down recent transactions and discuss targets and avoids live from PitchCon 2025.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) is on vacation, so Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) is joined by special guest, Davis Byrd (@dvsbyrd), as they discuss the 2025 Hall of Fame inductees, the 2026 ballot, and the recent relief pitcher transactions, all culminating in an epic rant about the Dodgers.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down MLB Network's Top 10 Relief Pitchers Right Now and create a list of their own, then break down early relief pitcher ADP.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) examine the relievers with the greatest disparities between their Swinging Strike and Strikeout Rates.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) examine the relievers with the greatest disparities between their ERAs and ERA estimators.

In The PenRick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) place the top 50 SV+HLD relievers into tiers early in the offseason.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) draft bullpens of the best free agent relief pitchers available this offseason.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down Rick's early top 50 reliever ranks live from First Pitch Arizona in celebration of the podcast's 100th episode.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) recap the Division and Championships Series from a bullpen perspective and discuss the closers taken in our way-too-early mock draft.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) hand out end-of-season relief pitcher awards, recap the Wild Card series from a bullpen perspective, and attempt to predict how the rest of the postseason will unfold.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) revisit their preseason predictions to determine the relievers they were right or wrong about.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) analyze the advanced statistics leaderboards to unearth potential 2025 breakouts and identify the relievers who have deserved their second-half success.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) answer pressing questions about every American League bullpen.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) answer pressing questions about every National League bullpen.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) analyze the landscape of future closers and incoming prospect relievers.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) run through the sabermetrics leaders from the past couple of months to unearth some midseason breakouts.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) identify the relievers they expect to take over the ninth inning on teams with undecided closer situations.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the ramifications of every deal involving a reliever from a chaotic trade deadline.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) react to recent transactions and break down the top relievers still available and likely to be traded at the deadline.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) recap the performances by relief pitchers in the 2024 All-Star Game.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) react to the relievers named to the All-Star team, identify relievers who were snubbed of a selection, and ponder the idea of a second All-Star game to highlight middle relievers.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) run through every team to uncover the relievers likely to be dealt at this year's trade deadline.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) peruse the advanced stats leaderboards from the past two months to unearth standouts to keep tabs on.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) pour over the fastball velocity leaderboards to uncover potential future elite relievers.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) check in on relievers that broke out in April.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) answer bullpen-related questions from the Pitcher List community.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) are joined by Kyle Blad (@Blandalytics) to break down relievers with altered pitch arsenals.

In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) examine the closers in prime positions to target as buy low candidates or to capitalize as sell high options.

In The Pen 79 - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) catch up on all the latest reliever news and talk about who is rising and falling in Ricks ranks.

In The Pen 78 - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) identify relievers with improving or declining fastball velocity.

In The Pen 77 - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) run through the advanced statistics leaderboards and identify interesting relievers off to hot starts.

In The Pen 76 - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) identify relievers with the potential to become their team's closer who are worth stashing early in the 2024 campaign.

In The Pen 75 - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) make observations on bullpen situations early in the season and identify relievers who have looked improved already this year.