Watch PitchCon LIVE

January 30th – February 2nd

11am ET – 10pm ET

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What Is PitchCon?

 

40+ baseball panels and presentations from industry analysts. Dozens of free prizes. $10,000 raised to combat ALS. One amazing conference.

PitchCon (January 30th – February 2nd) 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. Guest speakers from all across the MLB industry will cover topics ranging from common mistakes in Statcast analysis to the state of pitching in today’s game to fantasy baseball draft strategies as we come together for our goal of raising $10,000 to donate toward combatting ALS.

This is a 100% free event. Viewers can watch entirely for free at Playback.tv/pitcherlist or at pitcherlist.com/pitchcon and are encouraged to donate to the cause. In addition, we’ll also be giving away some incredible prizes like signed baseballs, a PL Pro Lifetime subscription, PitchCon merch, fantasy guides, and so much more.

All 100% of donations will be sent to charity – Pitcher List will not be taking any of the funds, ensuring your donation is going entirely to combat this horrible disease.

 

Making A PitchCon Donation

 

You can make a contribution to the event by clicking the button below. 100% of every contribution will go to ALS One, an organization unifying ALS researchers, clinicians, and care providers to fund those affected by ALS and find a solution for the future. We have also added a number of items to our merch store in support of PitchCon.

 

 

PitchCon Participants & Schedule

Make sure to head into Playback.tv/pitcherlist and create a free account to chat with the community live during the event.

We will also be uploading the event to our YouTube channel for those who miss panels and presentations. Expect those to be released roughly a week after the event.

Thursday January 30th

11:00 AM: 100 Pitchers In 50 Minutes – Nick Pollack
12:00 PM: What’s Next For Pitcher List In 2025 – Nick Pollack, Kyle Bland
1:00 PM: The Latest Innovations In Pitching Development – Paul Sporer, Max Greenfield, Rob Friedman
2:00 PM: Ten Hot Takes For The 2025 MLB Season – Bryan Fonseca, Patrick Connors, Joe Oricco
3:00 PM: Our Favorite Fantasy Baseball Targets At Each Position – Chris Welsh, Ryan Hallam, David McDonald, Scott Pianowski
4:00 PM: Grading Each MLB Team’s Off-Season Moves – Derek Van Riper, Justin Mason, Brent Hershey
5:00 PM: The Craft Podcast – Nick Pollack, Eno Sarris
6:00 PM: Reviewing All Players With Health Risks For 2025 – Nick Pollack, Stephen Lyman
7:00 PM: The Modern “Never Hall of Famer” Legends of Each MLB Team – Marc Luino, Chris Towers, Randy Wilkins
8:00 PM: Starting Pitcher Sleepers For Fantasy Baseball 2025 – David Mendelson, Scott White, Jake Crumpler
9:00 PM: The Great Baseball Graphics Draw Off 2025 – Justin Paradis, Aaron Asbury, Kurt Wasemiller, Michael Packard

Friday January 31st

11:00 AM: I Wrote MLB History Tweets Almost Every Day: How and Why – Mat Kovach
12:00 PM: Bubba And The Bloom Podcast – Brian Entrekin, Ryan Bloomfield
1:00 PM: MLB Rules Changes That Need To Happen – Jared Diamond, David Brown, Travis Sawchik
2:00 PM: Fantasy Baseball ADP Battles: Hitters – Joe Pisapia, Joe Bond, Peter Kreutzer
3:00 PM: Unhinging JAWS: Adapting a Hall of Fame Fitness Metric – Jay Jaffe
4:00 PM: Starting Pitchers We Like Past Pick #300 – Paul Sporer, Doug Thorburn
5:00 PM: Improving College Player Evaluations in a Juiced Ball Era – Trevor Powers
6:00 PM: The Fantasy Baseball Busts To Avoid In 2025 – Jason Collette, Mike Podhorzer, John Ke
7:00 PM: The Biggest MLB Hall of Fame Snubs of All Time – Steve Gardner, Mat Kovach, Bailey Freeman
8:00 PM: Hitters We Like Past Pick #300 – Ray Murphy, Eric Cross, Patrick Fitzgerald
9:00 PM: On The Wire Podcast 200th Episode – Adam Howe, Kevin Hasting

Saturday February 1st

11:00 AM: The 10 Hitters I Love For 2025 Fantasy Baseball – Scott Chu
12:00 PM: Using Computer Vision and AI for Baseball Analysis – Carlos Marcano
1:00 PM: Fireside Chat Podcast – Nick Pollack, Paul Sporer
2:00 PM: What Is It Like To Be An MLB Scout? Live Q&A – Nick Pollack, Kimball Crossley
3:00 PM: Relief Pitchers: Who To Target And Who To Avoid – Greg Jewett, Rick Graham, Callen Elslager
4:00 PM: Prospect Hitters To Target In Redraft Leagues – Chris Clegg, Brian Walton, Geoff Pontes
5:00 PM: The Fantasy Baseball Tools We Use In-Season – Toby Geuvin, Nate Schwartz, Scott Chu
6:00 PM: The Michael Govier Baseball Power Hour Experience – Michael Govier
7:00 PM: Hitter Sleepers For Fantasy Baseball 2025 – Jacob Milham, Steve Gesuele, Todd Zola
8:00 PM: Three Fantasy Baseball Metrics You Don’t Use Enough – Shawn Childs
9:00 PM: In The Pen Podcast Jake Crumpler Rick Graham

Sunday February 2nd

11:00 AM: Playing Ottoneu Is Easier Than You Think – Niv Shah
12:00 PM: Tips For Your First Dynasty League – Ian Kahn, Justin Havelock, Chris Crawford
1:00 PM: How Much Should We Care About New Pitches? – Eric Samulski
2:00 PM: Let’s Watch And Scout The Top Pitching Prospects For 2025 – Nick Pollack, Trevor Hooth
3:00 PM: How Visual ADP Analysis Can Save Your Fantasy Baseball Draft – Ariel Cohen
4:00 PM: Creating The 2025 MLB Power Rankings – Bret Sayre, Sara Sanchez, Frank Stampfl
5:00 PM: Prospect Pitchers To Target In Redraft Leagues – Dave Potts, Jack Mueller, Matt Heckman, Martin Sekulski
6:00 PM: Fantasy Baseball ADP Battles: Starting Pitchers – Tristan Cockcroft, Rudy Gamble, Doug Dennis
7:00 PM: History of Gambling in Baseball: Myth vs. Reality – Mike Carter
8:00 PM: In The Deep Podcast SPECIAL REUNION EPISODE – Jordan White, Chris Weber
9:00 PM: Closing Presentation + Prize Winners Announced – Nick Pollack

 

Prizes

 

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.

The full list of prizes can be found under the “Prizes” tab above, including the Google Form to sign-up for prizes you’d like to be eligible to win.

Prize winners will be announced during our closing ceremony on Sunday, February 2nd at 9pm ET. You will also receive an email confirming your prize.

 

To Our Readers

 

Thank you for making PitchCon a reality for six straight years. We created the event in May 2020 as a way to combat the rough times and to now make it a full charity event with a growing list of participants each year is a product of the fantastic community not just here at Pitcher List but across the entire baseball industry. It’s an immense joy to bring so many talented and smart people together in one place to discuss the sport we love for a cause we all believe in. Let’s have some fun.

Thank you for your consideration to support PitchCon and I can’t wait for you all to experience what we have in store this year.

AGA,

-Nick

Thursday January 30th

11:00 AM: 100 Pitchers In 50 Minutes – Nick Pollack
12:00 PM: What’s Next For Pitcher List In 2025 – Nick Pollack, Kyle Bland
1:00 PM: The Latest Innovations In Pitching Development – Paul Sporer, Max Greenfield, Rob Friedman
2:00 PM: Ten Hot Takes For The 2025 MLB Season – Bryan Fonseca, Patrick Connors, Joe Oricco
3:00 PM: Our Favorite Fantasy Baseball Targets At Each Position – Chris Welsh, Ryan Hallam, David McDonald, Scott Pianowski
4:00 PM: Grading Each MLB Team’s Off-Season Moves – Derek Van Riper, Justin Mason, Brent Hershey
5:00 PM: The Craft Podcast – Nick Pollack, Eno Sarris
6:00 PM: Reviewing All Players With Health Risks For 2025 – Nick Pollack, Stephen Lyman
7:00 PM: The Modern “Never Hall of Famer” Legends of Each MLB Team – Marc Luino, Chris Towers, Randy Wilkins
8:00 PM: Starting Pitcher Sleepers For Fantasy Baseball 2025 – David Mendelson, Scott White, Jake Crumpler
9:00 PM: The Great Baseball Graphics Draw Off 2025 – Justin Paradis, Aaron Asbury, Kurt Wasemiller, Michael Packard

Friday January 31st

11:00 AM: I Wrote MLB History Tweets Almost Every Day: How and Why – Mat Kovach
12:00 PM: Bubba And The Bloom Podcast – Brian Entrekin, Ryan Bloomfield
1:00 PM: MLB Rules Changes That Need To Happen – Jared Diamond, David Brown, Travis Sawchik
2:00 PM: Fantasy Baseball ADP Battles: Hitters – Joe Pisapia, Joe Bond, Peter Kreutzer
3:00 PM: Unhinging JAWS: Adapting a Hall of Fame Fitness Metric – Jay Jaffe
4:00 PM: Starting Pitchers We Like Past Pick #300 – Paul Sporer, Doug Thorburn
5:00 PM: Improving College Player Evaluations in a Juiced Ball Era – Trevor Powers
6:00 PM: The Fantasy Baseball Busts To Avoid In 2025 – Jason Collette, Mike Podhorzer, John Ke
7:00 PM: The Biggest MLB Hall of Fame Snubs of All Time – Steve Gardner, Mat Kovach, Bailey Freeman
8:00 PM: Hitters We Like Past Pick #300 – Ray Murphy, Eric Cross, Patrick Fitzgerald
9:00 PM: On The Wire Podcast 200th Episode – Adam Howe, Kevin Hasting

Saturday February 1st

11:00 AM: The 10 Hitters I Love For 2025 Fantasy Baseball – Scott Chu
12:00 PM: Using Computer Vision and AI for Baseball Analysis – Carlos Marcano
1:00 PM: Fireside Chat Podcast – Nick Pollack, Paul Sporer
2:00 PM: What Is It Like To Be An MLB Scout? Live Q&A – Nick Pollack, Kimball Crossley
3:00 PM: Relief Pitchers: Who To Target And Who To Avoid – Greg Jewett, Rick Graham, Callen Elslager
4:00 PM: Prospect Hitters To Target In Redraft Leagues – Chris Clegg, Brian Walton, Geoff Pontes
5:00 PM: The Fantasy Baseball Tools We Use In-Season – Toby Geuvin, Nate Schwartz, Scott Chu
6:00 PM: The Michael Govier Baseball Power Hour Experience – Michael Govier
7:00 PM: Hitter Sleepers For Fantasy Baseball 2025 – Jacob Milham, Steve Gesuele, Todd Zola
8:00 PM: Three Fantasy Baseball Metrics You Don’t Use Enough – Shawn Childs
9:00 PM: In The Pen Podcast Jake Crumpler, Rick Graham

Sunday February 2nd

11:00 AM: Playing Ottoneu Is Easier Than You Think – Niv Shah
12:00 PM: Tips For Your First Dynasty League – Ian Kahn, Justin Havelock
1:00 PM: Let’s Watch And Scout The Top Pitching Prospects For 2025 – Nick Pollack, Trevor Hooth
2:00 PM: How Much Should We Care About New Pitches? – Eric Samulski
3:00 PM: How Visual ADP Analysis Can Save Your Fantasy Baseball Draft – Ariel Cohen
4:00 PM: Creating The 2025 MLB Power Rankings – Bret Sayre, Sara Sanchez, Frank Stampfl
5:00 PM: Prospect Pitchers To Target In Redraft Leagues – Dave Potts, Jack Mueller, Matt Heckman, Martin Sekulski
6:00 PM: Fantasy Baseball ADP Battles: Starting Pitchers – Tristan Cockcroft, Rudy Gamble, Doug Dennis
7:00 PM: History of Gambling in Baseball: Myth vs. Reality – Mike Carter
8:00 PM: In The Deep Podcast SPECIAL REUNION EPISODE – Jordan White, Chris Weber
9:00 PM: Closing Presentation + Prize Winners Announced – Nick Pollack

Fill out this form to become eligible for our 34 PRIZES!

Only one prize can be awarded to each participant.

Participants must be following Pitcher List on playback.tv/pitcherlist to be eligible for a prize.
You are not required to donate to PitchCon to win. Please consider contributing as we aim to raise $10,000 to help combat ALS.

Sign-up will close on Sunday, February 2nd at 6:00pm ET. Winners announced on  February 2nd at 9:00pm ET live on stream and notified via email the following morning.

Speakers and Pitcher List staffers are not eligible for prizes.

 

Aaron Asbury

Adam Howe

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.

Bailey Freeman

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

Bret Sayre – Bret Sayre is a 4x TOUT/LABR winner and the president and CEO of Baseball Prospectus. You can find him on Twitter @BretSayreBP.

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 First Pitch podcast, the AlwaysPressDFS podcast and the 2PTConvDFS podcast. You can find him on Twitter @bdentrek.

Bryan Fonseca

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 – Carlos is a 3x FSWA finalist for Baseball Writer of the Year, Baseball Podcast of the Year and Research Article of the Year, this one for the creation of his pitching evaluation metric, Spex, which you can find at https://home.balldatalab.com/ . Previously worked at PitcherList, now at Baseball Prospectus. ToutWars & LABR experts leagues and NFBC participant. Find his daily ramblings on Twitter  @camarcano.

Chris Clegg – Chris Clegg is an MLB Writer at Rotoball covering dynasty, prospects, and redraft and the founder of The Dynasty Dugout. He is also the co-host of the Toolshed Podcast. You can find him on Twitter @RotoClegg.

Chris Crawford – Chris Crawford is a writer at Rotowire who has covered baseball, college football, and a variety of other subjects for ESPN, NBC Sports and more. He’s on Twitter @Crawford_MILB.

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 Welsh – Welsh is one half of the MLB Lead at FantasyPros. He’s co-host of the In This League podcast, the fantasy baseball prospect podcast, Prospect One. 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

Dave Potts – Dave Potts has won contests at the highest levels of both season-long and DFS. He is a two-time winner of a million dollar first place prize in DFS; having won the 2014 FanDuel baseball live final and following that up by taking down a DraftKings Millionare Maker Tournament in 2015. In addition, he’s won the Main Event Overall championship in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship and the NFBC Platinum League, which is the highest buy-in entry league. His consistent success in the NFBC earned him a prestigious spot in their Hall of Fame. He writes MLB DFS content at RotoGrinders.com and has won the Fantasy Baseball Article Of The Year from the FSWA.

David Brown

David McDonald

David Mendelson – David Mendelson is a correspondent for FantasyPros and the creator of Triple Play Fantasy. You can find David on Twitter @DMendy02.

Derek Van Riper

Doug Dennis

Doug Thorburn

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 Samulski – Eric Samulski is a former college baseball players and a 3x FSWA award winner at NBC Sports / Rotoworld. He is also the co-host of the On The Corner podcast and the Rotoworld Baseball podcast. He was also the hidden character “Air Dog” in NBA Jam. You can find Eric on Twitter @SamskiNYC.

Frank Stampfl – According to FantasyPros, 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.

Geoff Pontes

Greg Jewett – Owner of Reliever Recon, “Closer”expert for The Athletic, Contributor to Baseball HQ, 2023 Tout Wars H2H Points League Champion, Dad, Teacher, and Katie’s boyfriend. My knowledge lies beyond relievers, but it’s my niche. You can find me on “X” @gjewett9

Ian Kahn

Jacob Milham

Jake Crumpler – A Bay Area sports fan and lover of baseball, Jake is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz with a B.A. in English Literature. He currently writes fantasy articles for Pitcher List, is the lead baseball writer at The Athletes Hub, and does playing time analysis at BaseballHQ. Some consider his knowledge of the sport to be encyclopedic.

Jared Diamond

Jason Collette – Jason is a columnist at Rotowire and a podcaster at FanGraphs. You can find him on Bluesky or Threads at @jasoncollette. Jason has produced fantasy content for 20+ years with a few FSWA awards to show for his efforts.

Jay Jaffe – Jay Jaffe is a Senior writer at FanGraphs, the creator of JAWS, and the author of The Cooperstown Casebook. You can find Jay on Twitter @jay_jaffe and on BlueSky at @jayjaffe.bsky.social.

Joe Bond – Joe is the Founder of Fantasy Six Pack and host of The F6P Hour Podcast. He is the No. 5 multi-year most accurate ranker according to Fantasy Pros. Find him on Twitter @F6P_Joe.

Joe Oricco

Joe Pisapia – Joe is the host of the FantasyPros & BettingPros Podcast, as well as SportsGridTV’s Fantasy Sports Today and the author of the Fantasy Black Book Series on Amazon.

John Ke

Jordan White

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

Kevin Hasting

Kimball Crossley

Kurt Wasemiller

Kyle Bland – Kyle is a 2x subject of Tom Tango’s blog, and is also the Director of Data Analytics & Research for Pitcher List and the creator of PLV and its family of stats. You can find him on Twitter @blandalytics, where he’s trying to make analytics a little less boring by posting data viz.

Marc Luino

Martin Sekulski

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.

Matt Heckman

Max Greenfield

Michael Govier – Fantasy baseball analyst at FTN with his weekly Groovin’ With Govier article. Host of the fantasy baseball show the Pallazzo Podcast. 2 L’s, 2 Z’s. Free from opioids since 2017. Total bozo with a heart of gold. Follow on Twitter @mjgovier

Michael Packard

Mike Carter

Mike Podhorzer

Niv Shah

Patrick Connors

Patrick Fitzgerald

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.

Peter Kreutzer – Peter is the author of Rotoman’s Fantasy Baseball Guide 2024 A-Z, out now. For more information visit rotoman.substack.com. He was ESPN’s first fantasy baseball columnist and his Ask Rotoman column ran at mlb.com for 10 years. From 2000 to 2022 he was the editor of The Fantasy Baseball Guide: Professional Edition magazine. You can also read his work at pattonandco.com. He is also the director of LIttle League’s Official How-to-Play Baseball Video, and co-author, with Ted Kerley, of Little League’s Official How-to-Play Baseball Book. He also wrote Let’s Play Baseball! with Ozzie Smith.

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.

Rob Friedman – Rob Friedman, aka PitchingNinja, is well-known across Baseball thanks to his videos and newly-minted MLB stat “sword”. He’s a contributing analyst to Peacock, MLB, FanDuel Sportsbook, and MLB on Fox, as well as the founder of Flatground, a recruiting platform. You can find him across platforms as PitchingNinja.

 

Ryan Bloomfield – Ryan is a two-time FSWA award winner and nine-time finalist, most recently winning the 2020 Baseball Writer of the Year award. He has been writing for BaseballHQ.com since 2012 and is an Associate Editor for the Baseball Forecaster, having contributed to the book since 2013. Ryan is a co-host on the Bubba and the Bloom podcast with fellow speaker Brian “Bubba” Entrekin.

Ryan Hallam – Ryan is the head of data for Spotlight Sports Group and does daily, weekly, and season long player projections. He has been covering fantasy baseball for over a decade and is proud to be a part of Pitch Con. He is also unhappy with the offseason for the St. Louis Cardinals so far

Scott Chu – Scott Chu has written about fantasy baseball since 2013 and is Pitcher List’s Senior Fantasy Analyst. If you want to chat about baseball, fantasy curling (featured in WSJ), sports in general, deaf culture, being a twin, or the oddities of having Irish and Korean ancestry, Chu’s your guy.

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

Shawn Childs

Stephen Lyman

Steve Gardner – The Senior Fantasy Editor for USA Today Sports, Steve Gardner has covered 18 World Series, a Super Bowl, and won 19 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

Toby Geuvin

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.

Travis Sawchik

Trevor Hooth

Trevor Powers

Tristan Cockcroft

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