ITP 127 - All-Star Predictions
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) predict the relief pitchers that will be selected to the All-Star game.
Jul 04, 2025•1 hr 5 min
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Episodes
ITP 126 - Midseason Closer Report
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) review the first half performances of the top relievers in baseball.
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 9 min
ITP 125 - Trade Deadline Forecasting
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) take an early look at relievers likely to be traded before the deadline.
Jun 20, 2025•1 hr 21 min
ITP 124 - Legit Breakout Relievers
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) analyze the most legitimate breakout relievers of 2025.
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 12 min
ITP 123 - The Best Bullpen In Every Division
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) determine the best bullpen in every division.
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 5 min
ITP 122 - Breaking Bullpen News
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down a crazy week of bullpen shakeups.
May 30, 2025•1 hr 12 min
ITP 121 - The Unluckiest Relievers
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the unluckiest relievers in baseball and determine if positive regression is incoming.
May 23, 2025•1 hr 17 min
ITP 120 - Lucky Relievers
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the luckiest relievers in baseball and determine how bad their regression might be.
May 16, 2025•1 hr 5 min
ITP 119 - Advanced Metrics Leaders
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the advanced statistics leaders early in the 2025 season.
May 10, 2025•1 hr 19 min
ITP 118 - Notable Pitch Mix Changes
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the relievers with notable alterations to their arsenals.
May 02, 2025•1 hr 12 min
ITP 117 - These Guys Are Throwing Harder
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the relievers with the largest increases and decreases in their primary fastball velocity.
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 16 min
ITP 116 - The Nastiest Relievers
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down the early-season Stuff+ and PLV leaderboards to uncover 2025's nastiest relievers.
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 14 min
ITP 115 - Actionable Bullpens
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) discuss bullpens where fantasy mangers can still take action to record more saves.
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 9 min
ITP 114 - 2025 Reliever Predictions
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) predict every team's end-of-season saves leader.
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 26 min
ITP 113 - Overreacting to Opening Day
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) react to the notable bullpen usage from Opening Day 2025.
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 20 min
ITP 112 - NL Bullpen Preview
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) preview the closer and discuss a key storyline for every National League bullpen ahead of the 2025 campaign.
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 12 min
ITP 111 - AL Bullpen Preview
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) preview the closer and discuss a key storyline for every American League bullpen ahead of the 2025 campaign.
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 18 min
ITP 110 - Targets, Fades, & Sleepers
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) discuss the relievers their targeting and fading in 2025 fantasy drafts.
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 18 min
ITP 109 - Spring Training Storylines (w/Kyle Bland)
In The Pen Rick 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.
Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 16 min
ITP 108 - Spring Training Closer Rankings
In The Pen At 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.
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 10 min
ITP 107 - Live from PitchCon
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) break down recent transactions and discuss targets and avoids live from PitchCon 2025.
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr
ITP 106 - The Dodgers... (w/Davis Byrd)
In The Pen Rick 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.
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 26 min
ITP 105 - Top 10 RP Right Now
In The Pen Rick 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.
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 22 min
ITP 104 - Swing and Miss Sleepers
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) examine the relievers with the greatest disparities between their Swinging Strike and Strikeout Rates.
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min
ITP 103 - ERA Under/Overperformers
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) examine the relievers with the greatest disparities between their ERAs and ERA estimators.
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 31 min
ITP 102 - Winter SV+HLD Tiers
In The Pen Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) place the top 50 SV+HLD relievers into tiers early in the offseason.
Nov 30, 2024•1 hr 13 min
ITP 101 - Free Agent Reliever Draft
In The Pen - Rick Graham (@IAmRickGraham) and Jake Crumpler (@jakecrumpler) draft bullpens of the best free agent relief pitchers available this offseason.
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 24 min
ITP 100 - Reliever Ranks @ FPAZ
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.
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 13 min
ITP 99 - Relievers in the Playoffs and a Mock Draft
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.
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 29 min
ITP 98 - RP Awards & Postseason Talk
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.
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 12 min
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