Hello and welcome to the In The Pen podcast, a podcast about relievers part of the

Pitcherless Podcast Network.

My name is Jake Crumpler, and I'm joined as always by my very special co-host, Rick Graham,

pitcherless, bullpen expert. Rick, we're live on pitchcon. How you doing? I'm doing great.

It's been a while since we talked. It's almost been like a month now. So, yeah, good to be back.

Good to start, you know, I miss so much when I was out. So we have a lot to break down here and try to do it in under an hour.

We should probably get right to it, huh?

That's right. You're right. We have so much stuff to go over. Last episode, I had a guest on and we discussed the litany of transactions that occurred over the previous two weeks.

But I wanted Rick to have a chance to give his say on those, and he's our bullpen expert.

So his opinion is very valued.

So we'll go over the transactions that occurred while Rick was gone.

We'll cover the handful that occurred since Rick returned.

And then we'll cover our main topic as we discuss our targets and avoids

via ADP for relievers heading into the 2025 draft season. So let's start it off with the news

transactions and injuries from the past, let's say, three weeks. So we'll start with the news. And it

looks like AJ Puck might be the favorite for saves in Arizona.

Apparently, manager Tori Lavulo said if he's trapped in a corner and he had to fight to tell you one

name to be the closer, it would be AJ Puck. But he suggests that it's a wide open situation as it is.

Are you in the same boat as Tori is AJ your favorite for the closer?

Or do you see somebody sort of fighting their way into that role in spring?

So I think this is this is not nothing.

It's maybe you take it with a grain of salt, but it's definitely not nothing.

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