Welcome to PitchCon

Over 70 analysts. Dozens of prizes. $10,000 raised for charity. It’s our fourth annual PitchCon – live-streamed on this very page starting Wednesday January 25th at 12:00 pm EST.

PitchCon (January 25-28) is a four-day online baseball conference where you can hear what some of the brightest minds in the industry have to say about all things baseball from the comfort of your own home. From baseball presentations to fantasy baseball panels, live drafts, and newly unveiled metrics, PitchCon is 40 hours of live-streamed baseball goodness.

In addition, simply by being a part of the event and filling out this Google Form, you’ll be eligible to win some incredible prizes like an original drawing from Ellen Adair, multiple subscriptions to baseball websites, a signed MacKenzie Gore baseball, and our traditional signature prize – a Lifetime PL Pro membership we only give out during our annual PitchCon events.

This is the fourth year we’ve held PitchCon and you can watch all of our previous events through our YouTube channel. Watch 2020 here, 2021 here, and 2022 here. All events will be uploaded to our YouTube channel the week after the event.

Your contribution to PitchCon is for a great cause. 100% of your contributions will benefit The ALS Association, pushing research to find a cure for ALS. To learn more about their incredible work, please check out their website and YouTube channel. We’re excited to host PitchCon as a representation of the baseball community to come together for a great cause and we hope you can help us reach our $10,000 goal.

 

About The ALS Association

 

The ALS Association is dedicated to finding a cure for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

 

With your contribution to PitchCon, we hope we can take another step further to finding a cure for this terrible disease.

Thank you for being here and enjoy the event!

PitchCon Schedule

PitchCon will begin January 25th at 12:00 pm ET and be live-streamed on this page for ten hours a day, four straight days. The Twitch stream embed will begin early each day at 11:55 am ET.

Here is our full slate of presentations and panels:

 

Wednesday January 25th (all times EST)   

12:00 – Introducing PLV – Nick Pollack, Kyle Bland
1:00 – How To Use PLV For 2023 – Nick Pollack, Jesse Wolfersberger
2:00 – Fantasy Baseball Roundtable – Pitcher List Staff
3:00 – A Chat With Paul Sewald – Alex Fast, Paul Sewald
4:00 – Pitch Height & Launch Angle From The Pitcher’s Perspective – Alex Chamberlain
5:00 – The Duality of Baseball Stats: The Meaning and Mindfulness of Stats – Mat Kovach
6:00 – 2023 Pre-season Power Rankings – James Schiano, Randy Wilkins, Sarah Langs
7:00 – How To Draft Relievers In 2023 – Greg Jewett, Rick Graham, Callen Elslager
8:00 – Live Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft – Pitcher List Staff
9:00 – Live Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft (continued) – Pitcher List Staff

 

Thursday January 26th (all times EST)  

12:00 – The Value of ATC Volatility Charts – Ariel Cohen
1:00 – 2023 Draft Hitter Targets – Brian Entrekin, Adam Ronis, Frank Stampfl
2:00 – Who Are 2024’s Best Rookies? – Chris Welsh, Chris Clegg, Chris Crawford
3:00 – Best Hitting Value At Every Position – Steve Gardner, Grey Albright, Brent Hershey
4:00 – The Guys We Refuse To Draft In 2023 – Eric Dadmun, Steve Gesuele, Dave Swan
5:00 – Baseball Power Hour w/ Michael J. Govier – Michael J. Govier
6:00 – The Tips and Tricks of the NFBC – Robert DiPietro, Jenny Butler, Dave Potts
7:00 – Players To Consider Past Pick #300 – Joe Orrico, Nate Schwartz, Nate Kosher
8:00 – 2023 Draft Pitcher Targets – Paul Sporer, Scott White, John Laghezza
9:00 – The Great Graphics Draw Off: Part 3 – Justin Paradis, Michael Packard, Matt Fletcher, Kurt Wasemiller

Sign Up Here To Win PitchCon Prizes FOR FREE

We have dozens of prizes we’d like to give away during PitchCon, many of which were generously donated by the incredible participants of the conference.

Here are the instructions:

– As we raise money during the event, we will unlock prizes to give away during our Closing Ceremonies. For example, if we raise a total of $8,100 during the event, all prizes through “Pitcher List Hoodie” will be awarded a winner.

– Sign-up is free to participate through this Google Form where you can select what prizes you want to be eligible for – Only one entry per person and one prize per winner.

– You are not required to contribute to PitchCon to be eligible to win.

– Winners will be announced on the livestream beginning at 9:55 pm EST on Saturday, January 28th, and a notification email will be sent out the following week.

– Signing up requires agreement to these sweepstakes terms and conditions, which can be found here.

Take a look at all of our incredible prizes:

$250 – PitchCon T-Shirt
$500 – PitchCon Mug
$750 – MLB The Show ’23
$1,000 – Ron Shandler’s Baseball Forecaster
$1,250 – Free CBS Commissioner League
$1,500 – Minor League Baseball Analyst
$1,750 – Fantasy Black Book 2023
$2,000 – $50 entry to an NFBC league
$2,250 – Pitcher List Baseball Cap
$2,500 – 1 Month Rotogrinders Premium Access
$2,750 – 3 Month Subscription to Reliever Recon
$3,000 – 1 Year Subscription to PL Basic
$3,250 – 1 year Subscription to Masterball
$3,500 – 1 Year Top Tier Subscription to Eric Cross’ Patreon
$3,750 – 1 year Subscription to Sports Ethos
$4,000 – 1 Year Subscription to PL+
$4,250 – 1 Year Subscription to BaseballHQ
$4,500 – 1 Year Subscription to FTN
$5,000 – 1 Year Subscription to Razzball DFS
$5,500 – 1 Year Subscription to PL Pro
$6,000 – Justin Mason Bathing Suit
$6,500 – Guest Spot on Wins Above Fantasy Podcast
$7,000 – Guest Spot on Triple Play Fantasy Podcast
$7,500 – Pitcher List Hoodie
$8,000 – Original Baseball Drawing From Ellen Adair
$8,500 – Draft A Team With Rob DiPietro
$9,000 – MacKenzie Gore Signed Baseball
$9,500 – Ticket to First Pitch Arizona
$10,000 – Lifetime PL Pro Subscription

Good luck! Make sure to watch the prize drawings at 10 pm EST on Saturday evening and consider a contribution to help us give out all the $10,000 prizes.

 

Sign Up Here To Win PitchCon Prizes FOR FREE

Our Speakers

 

Adam Howe – Adam is the podcast manager at Pitcher List and co-host of the On The Wire podcast with Kevin Hasting.

Adam Ronis – Adam Ronis is a fantasy sports/betting analyst for Fantasy Alarm and Pickwise and a host on Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio.

Alex Chamberlain – 7x FSWA nominee. 2x FSWA award winner including Baseball Writer of the Year. The creator of the Pitch Leaderboard and frequent contributor to Rotographs. The man that no shirt can contain. You can find him on Twitter @DolphHauldhagen. The one. The only. Alex Chamberlain.

Alex Fast – An FSWA award winner for Research Article of the Year, Alex is the co-host of On The Corner and host of the weekend edition of First Pitch. He received his masters in interactive telecommunications from NYU’s ITP. All opinions are Alex’s and Alex’s alone. A die-hard Orioles fan, Alex is well versed in futility and broken pitching prospects.

Ariel Cohen – Ariel Cohen is an FSWA award-winning Baseball Writer of the Year who is also the creator of the popular ATC Projection System. Ariel has contributed to a slew of publications Fangraphs, CBS, Sportsline, and Rotoballer. Winner of the Tout Wars HTH 2020 league. You can follow Ariel on Twitter @ATCNY.

Ben Palmer

Brent Hershey – Brent is the GM of content over at BaseballHQ and a big reason why we are here today as BaseballHQ’s First Pitch conferences are a huge inspiration to Pitcher List and really everyone in the baseball community. Brent works on the Baseball Forecaster, Minor League Baseball Analyst and so much more. You can find him on Twitter @BrentHQ

Brian Entrekin – Widely considered to be the voice of the fantasy industry, KC Bubba is the host of the ever-popular Benched with Bubba. He’s also the co-host of the AlwaysPressDFS podcast and the 2PTConvDFS podcast. You can find him on Twitter @bdentrek.

Callen Elslager – Callen is a law school student at Widener Law Commonwealth. When he doesn’t have his head in the books studying law he can be found with his head in a Fangraphs or Baseball Savant page learning more about the sport he loves.

Carlos Marcano

Chad Young

Chris Blessing – Chris Blessing covers prospects over at Baseball HQ. One of his most recent pieces was a fantastic breakdown of guys like Spencer Howard, Tarik Skubal, Matthew Liberatore, and Nick Lodolo. You can find him on Twitter @C_Blessing.

Chris Clegg – Chris Clegg is a Senior MLB Writer at Fantrax covering dynasty, prospects, and redraft. He is also the co-host of the Fantrax Toolshed Podcast. You can find him on Twitter @RotoClegg.

Chris Corr

Chris Crawford

Chris Towers – A multi-sport Fantasy analyst with CBS Sports, Chris Towers is also a co-host of Fantasy Baseball Today. You can find him tweeting too much at @CTowersCBS.

Chris Weber

Chris Welsh – The co-host of the In This League, Prospect One, and Black Book podcast, Chris Welsh is truly a prospect wizard. You can check out the In This League Patreon at patreon.com/itlarmy and can find Chris Welsh on Twitter @IsItTheWelsh

Daniel Port – There is no Pitcher List community without Daniel Port, our community manager. Daniel also happens to be a frequent contributor to the site where he’s written everything from player breakdowns to a fantastic series called player musings. You can find Daniel on Twitter @DanielJPort

Danielle Salinger

Dave McDonald – Dave McDonald is an accomplished high-stakes player who has one of the highest lifetime ROIs in the industry. He co-hosts the Friends with Fantasy Benefits pod with Justin Mason as well as RotoSaurus High Stakes Heat with Jake Halusker. He also writes for FanGraphs and is a founding member and first overall winner of the EARTH league

Dave Potts – Dave Potts is a longtime player and analyst for both season-long and DFS baseball. He is a member of the NFBC Hall of Fame, having won the Main Event Overall Championship along with multiple other league titles including the Platinum League and the Ultimate Auction. He is a 2-time million dollar winner in DFS and currently writes daily content at RotoGrinders. He is also an FSWA winner for Baseball Article of the Year. 

Dave Swan

David Mendelson

Derek Carty – Derek is a fantasy and sports betting analyst who is the creator of THE BAT X and THE BLITZ projection systems. He is a graduate of MLB’s Scout School, has made appearances on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter, holds a LABR expert league record with 4 NL championships, and is better dressed than anyone else who will attend this conference. You can find him on Twitter @DerekCarty.

Derek VanRiper – I’m not sure we could list the amount of fantastic podcast content Derek VanRiper has put out and be done in an hour. DVR is currently a podcast host, writer, and producer at the Athletic. He also just raised thousands of dollars for charity with his Triple Crown League. You can find DVR on Twitter @DerekVanRiper

Dylan Drummey

Ellen Adair – Ellen Adair is primarily an actor, but very much enjoys playing the role of baseball analyst. They have appeared numerous times on MLB Network, and a bevy of podcasts on Pitcher List, Fangraphs, CBS, the Athletic, Baseball Prospectus, SABR, and more. They are also the co-host of the podcast “Take Me In to the Ballgame,” on the Underdog Sports Network. You can find them on Twitter at @ellen_adair, or email ellendrawsbaseball at gmail dot com if you’d like to commission a baseball drawing.

Eno Sarris – Part-time sandwich photographer and consumer. Part-time beer purveyor. Full-time baseball analyst. When asked what baseball writer has had the biggest impact on their life or has been the most forthcoming with helpful advice, few in the industry don’t respond with a resounding: Eno Sarris. Eno is a baseball analytics writer over at the Athletic but you may also know him from his work at Fangraphs, ESPN, FOX, MLB.com, SB Nation, and countless others. You can find him on Twitter @EnoSarris.

Eric Cross – Eric Cross is the lead fantasy baseball writer and prospect analyst writer over at FantraxHQ. He’s also the host of the Fantrax Toolshed podcast and a contributor to the Fantasy Baseball Black Book. You can find Eric on Twitter @EricCross04

Eric Dadmun – Eric Dadmun is a contributor on Pitcher List’s Core Fantasy team and focuses on reliever depth charts and rankings during the season.

Ethan Kaplan –Ethan Kaplan is a Los Angeles-based graphic designer and marketing consultant. He joined Pitcher List in 2019 and primarily works on in-article featured graphics, YouTube thumbnails, podcast logos, and the occasional piece of merch. He is a die-hard Cubs fan, a friend to all dogs, and willing to die on the hill that a hot dog is not a sandwich.

Frank Stampfl – According to Fantasy Pros, Frank Stampfl is a top 10 fantasy baseball analyst when it comes to rankings. Frank is also the host of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast as well as a member of the prestigious Tout Wars competition. You can find Frank on Twitter @Roto_Frank.

Greg Jewett

Grey Albright – Grey Albright has been a mainstay in the fantasy community for over a decade. The co-founder of Razzball, Grey’s resume is boundless. He’s the only person in the entire fantasy community to both win Tout Wars and be called a “little minor league” by Matthew Berry. You can find him on Twitter @Razzball.

James Schiano

Janice Scurio

Jason Collette

Jenny Butler – Jenny Butler is a high-stakes NFBC player. She wrote a roster construction piece for the FTN Five Tool Fantasy Draft Guide. She will be writing in 2022 for Fantrax and Rotoballer. You can find her on Twitter @JennyButler830.

Jesse Wofersberger

Joe Orrico

Joe Pisapia

John Laghezza – John is a baseball writer formerly at the Athletic as well as the creator of the MLB Moving Averages algorithm; the preeminent MLB Betting Tool. He also happens to be a stocks wizard, too, and a host of the Corked Stats Podcast. You can find him on Twitter @MLBMovingAVG.

Justin Mason – The fantasy community is often lauded for its inclusiveness and camaraderie. That starts and ends with Justin Mason who has long been one of the most charitable, friendly, and incorporative human beings in the fantasy baseball industry. He is the co-owner of Friends with Fantasy Benefits, the creator of TGFBI, the co-host of Sleeper and the Bust for Fangraphs, an FSWA award winner and owner of more shirts with his name on it than anyone else in the world. You can find him on Twitter @JustinMasonFWFB.

Justin Paradis – Justin is the Graphics Team manager at Pitcher List and is the reason Pitcher List has the graphics it does. Thank Justin.

Kevin Hasting

Kimball Crossley 

Kurt Wasemiller

Kyle Bland

Marc Luino

Marina Foté

Mat Kovach – Mat Kovach is a frequent contributor to Pitcher List where he’s written about the KBO, the art of umpiring, and why he loves Duane Kiper. Mat is currently a Data Automation Architect and you can find him on Twitter @SiddFinch.

Matthew Wood

Michael Govier – Talking openly about mental health and fantasy baseball are both topics that are near and dear to Michael’s heart. He talks in-depth and with great passion about both on the Hey It’s Enrico Pallazzo Fantasy Baseball Podcast. Follow him on Twitter @mjgovier

Michael Packard

Mike Gianella – Mike Gianella has been writing about fantasy baseball since 2007 and writing about it for Baseball Prospectus since 2013. You can find Mike on Twitter @MikeGianella

Mike Kurland – Mike Kurland is the other co-founder of the newly launched Roto Fanatic website. He’s also the host of the Based Loaded Pod, a contributor over at RotoBaller, and an FSWA award finalist. You can find Mike on Twitter @Mike_Kurland.

Nate Kosher

Nate Schwartz

Nick Pollack – Nick founded PitcherList.com in 2014 after years pitching in college, coaching travel baseball, and giving private pitching instruction. He has been an on-air analyst for MSG, published in Washington Post, contributed at RotoGraphs, and currently discusses starting pitching to his heart’s content at his home site. Creator of the CSW stat and too many terrible fantasy baseball terms.

Paul Sewald – Relief Pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.

Paul Sporer – Paul is a co-host of the award-winning Sleeper and the Bust podcast as well as the weekly Fireside Chat podcast. He’s a frequent contributor to Fangraphs and Rotographs and his work has also been featured on ESPN. Sporer is currently a Twitch Partner as well. You can find him on Twitter @Sporer and on twitch at twitch.tv/Sporer.

Randy Wilkins

Ray Murphy – The co-general manager of BaseballHQ, Ray Murphy is the 2016 Fantasy Baseball Writer of the Year. Ray has been playing fantasy baseball since Appetite For Destruction ruled the airwaves. He’s a four-time league champion in the NFBC Main Event and has won Tout twice and TGFBI. You can find Ray on Twitter @RayHQ.

Renee Dechert

Rick Graham

Rob Silver – One of the co-hosts of the Launch Angle Podcast, Rob Silver has many impressive accolades including an NFBC Main Event championship belt. Arguably his most impressive accomplishment however is that there is a parody account dedicated entirely to him on Twitter. You can find him on Twitter @RobSilver

Robert DiPietro

Rudy Gamble – A co-founder of Razzball, Rudy Gamble is the Tom Glavine to Grey’s Javy Lopez. Rudy is a back-to-back 15-team Tout Champion as well as creator of various MLB, NFL, and NBA projection systems and tools. Rudy’s Player Rater over at Razzball is largely considered to be one of the best in the industry. You can find Rudy on Twitter @rudygamble

Ryan Bloomfield – Ryan Bloomfield is a writer and social media director for Baseball HQ as well as an associate editor of the Baseball Forecaster. He also happens to be an FSWA award winner and 5x finalist. While he may not be the best poker player he is certainly a world-class baseball analyst. You can find him on Twitter @RyanBHQ.

Sam Lutz

Sara Sanchez

Sarah Langs – Sarah is currently a reporter and researcher over at MLB.com and has contributed plenty to Baseball Savant and the Stacast team. She’s also worked for ESPN, CSN Chicago, SNYTv, and the Mets Blog. You can find her on Twitter @SlangsOnSports.

Scott Bogman – The co-host of the In This League podcast, Scott Bogman is also a contributor to FNTSY Radio. Bogman started In This League with Chris Welsh in 2014 and has been giving some of the highest fantasy content ever since. You can follow him on Twitter @BogmanSports.

Scott Chu – Scott is the going deep manager at Pitcher List as well as a frequent contributor. He is also a writer and podcaster with friends with fantasy benefits and the creator of fantasy curling which was featured in the Wall Street Journal so, take that Pitcher List. You can find Scott on Twitter @ifthechutfits

Scott Pianowski – Scott Pianowski is an FSWA award-winning writer and host of the award-winning Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast. He’s also a music expert who enjoys word games and poker. You can find him on Twitter @scott_pianowski

Scott White – Scott is a writer and podcaster for CBS Sports. A 14-year vet of the fantasy sports industry, Scott has won everything from Tout Wars to FSWA Baseball Writer of the Year. You can find him on Twitter @CBSScottWhite

Stephen Lyman

Steve Gardner – The Senior Fantasy Editor for USA Today Sports, Steve Gardner has covered 18 World Series, a Super Bowl, and won 16 fantasy experts league titles. He’s a 2021 inductee of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame and a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Catch him on Twitter @SteveAGardner

Steve Gesuele – Steve has been writing for Pitcher List since 2020 and is one half of the Wins Above Fantasy Podcast on the Pitcher List Podcast Network. Steve has been playing fantasy baseball since 2004 and you can find him on Twitter @Stav8818

Tim McLeod

Toby Guevin – The host of the BatFlipCrazy podcast, Toby is also the founder of batflipcrazy.com and a member of the FSWA. You can also find Toby’s work on his youtube channel, youtube.com/c/BatFlipCrazy, or on Twitter @batflipcrazy.

Todd Zola – Todd has been writing and talking about fantasy baseball since 1997. He writes for Rotowire and ESPN along with Mastersball. He also runs Rotojunkie and CREATiVESPORTS.