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RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Closers and Committees with Rick Graham

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4.6784 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Erik Halterman and guest Rick Graham of Pitcher List try to figure just who exactly counts as a closer right now and who's stuck in a committee. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:20 Bullpens with obvious closers: ATL, BAL, BOS, CIN, CLE, HOU, NYM, NYY, SDP, SFG, STL, WSH 22:40 Bullpens whose obvious closer is currently injured: ARI, MIL, MIN, TOR 34:00 Bullpens with some question marks: CHC, CWS, COL, LAA, LAD, MIA, OAK, PIT, SEA, TBR 55:30 Bullpens with big question marks: DET, KCR, PHI, TEX --- This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket.  Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! Download the On Demand DFS app now and get started with a 30-day free trial. Dive into a fantasy football experience that's rich in history, strategy, and, most importantly, fun. It's time to create your legacy with the ultimate lineup of legends and live out your fantasy football dreams like never before. Download On Demand DFS Today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Who's a closer? What's closer? Where, when, why, how? I've got Rick Graham on the line. We're going to answer all those questions, although probably mostly just who, right after edition of the Rotoire Fantasy Baseball podcast.

0:32.9

I'm Eric Halterman, your host, and my guest for today is Rick Graham of Pitcher List. Rick, how's it going? Hey, thanks for having me, Eric. It's going well, you know, trying to navigate through all the injuries that have happened in the first two weeks here in the fantasy world. But, yeah, it's, you know, everything's going well. How's your arm? Are you considering any tryouts or no? I mean, my

0:54.9

shoulder's pretty cooked, but yeah, I might at this point, you know, maybe in June, I might have

0:59.4

to go, you know, down to Fenway and see if they need any arms down there. Yeah, I think everybody

1:04.6

should be stretching out their arms seeing what they got at this point the way things are going.

1:09.4

But Rick, I'm excited to have you today.

1:11.9

We have got a reliever-filled show, and you just so happen to be a reliever expert.

1:18.1

What is your title?

1:19.4

Reliever manager or something at Pitcher List.

1:21.9

Yeah, relief reliever manager, senior analyst at Pitcher List.

1:27.1

I work with the, you know, we put out a daily bullpen depth chart.

1:31.7

I manage and then, you know, I put out three articles each week with, you know,

1:35.5

holds rankings, say's ranking, say plus hold rankings.

1:38.4

So pretty much anything reliever, in the reliever landscape I cover over there.

1:44.0

That is excellent news because I've got a lot of questions about some confusing bullpens today.

1:49.0

We may also get to a brief discussion of our Tout Wars and L teams.

1:53.4

We are competing there together.

1:55.3

Maybe we'll have a little reliever-focused strategy talk at the end.

1:59.8

How do you manage your relief squad in season in a

2:04.3

league like that versus other leagues? But first, we're going to get to some headlines. And,

2:10.7

well, we've got another injury headline as things go. Another pitcher who throws hard is hurt. This

2:17.2

time it's Bobby Miller. He is heading to

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