First Pitch Online 2025 Program
All sessions tentative; check back often for updates! All times ET. For more information and how to register, click here.
THURSDAY
| 7:00-7:15p | Welcome/Introduction | Brent Hershey, Ray Murphy |
| 7:15-8:00p | The 2025 Landscape | Brent Hershey, Ray Murphy, Ron Shandler |
| 8:00-9:00p | Player Pool Analysis: Starting Pitchers | Paul Sporer, Nick Pollack |
| 9:10-10:00p | LABR Mixed Draft Recap | Ryan Bloomfield, Rudy Gamble, Tim McLeod, Jenny Butler |
| 10:00-11:00p | ADP Movers … and what it means | Ray Murphy, Rob DiPietro |
FRIDAY
| 7:00-7:05 | Friday Welcome | Hershey/Murphy |
| 7:05-11:00p | 2024 AL-LABR Auction Livestream The only place to follow LABR live! | Bubba Entrekin, Mike Gianella, Joe Orrico |
| 8:15-9:00p | Gaming/Topic Hangouts / Q&A | |
| Best Ball | Mark Gannon | |
| Scoresheet | John Kracum | |
| Commissioner's Corner | Zach Larson | |
| Strat-o-Matic | Matt Beagle | |
| Draft & Hold | Brent Hershey | |
| 9:15-9:30p | Attendee Roster Analysis Sign up for 1:1 feedback on your roster in a dedicated breakout room |
SATURDAY
| 11:00-11:10a | Saturday intro/Housekeeping | Hershey/Murphy |
| 11:10-12noon | AL-LABR Roundtable Recap | Steve Gardner, Dave Adler, James Anderson, Larry Schechter, Glenn Colton/Rick Wolf |
| 12:00-12:45p | Saturday morning breakouts - CHOOSE ONE | |
| “New Things”: Manager tendencies, six-man rotations, and more | Jason Collette, Matt Martingale | |
| Dynasty: 2025 First Year Player Draft Prep | James Anderson, Rob Gordon | |
| 12:50-1:45 | Player Pool Analysis: Bullpens | Greg Jewett, Rick Graham, Mike Carter |
| 1:45-2:15p | Lunch break | |
| 2:15-2:45p | How Will the New Parks Play? | Derek Carty |
| 2:45-3:55p | Player Pool Analysis: Infielders | Todd Zola, Tim McLeod, Brant Chesser |
| 4:00-4:30p | Player Pool Analysis: Catchers | Corbin Young, Dan Thompson, Kris Olson |
| 4:30-5:00p | Saturday afternoon breakouts - CHOOSE ONE | |
| Prospect Q&A | Chris Blessing | |
| Stories on the History of Fantasy Baseball | Larry Schechter | |
| Early look at bat-tracking metrics | Jeff Zimmerman | |
| 5:00-7:00p | Dinner break | |
| 7:05-11:00p | 2024 NL-LABR Auction Livestream The only place to follow LABR live! | Paul Sporer, Ariel Cohen, Tristan Cockcroft |
| 8:15-9:00p | Tools Lab breakouts Learn how to use popular websites and tools | |
| BaseballHQ | Ray Murphy | |
| FanGraphs | Jason Collette | |
| BABS Baseball | Ron Shandler, Doug Gruber | |
| More to come! | ||
| 9:15-9:30p | Attendee Roster Analysis Sign up for 1:1 feedback on your roster in a dedicated breakout room |
SUNDAY
| 12:00-12:10p | Sunday intro/Housekeeping | Hershey/Murphy |
| 12:10-1:00p | NL-LABR Roundtable Recap | Steve Gardner, Frank Stampfl, Glenn Colton/Rick Wolf, DJ Short, Brian Walton |
| 1:00-2:00p | How To Use Savant’s New Feature to Win Your League: A Sneak Peak at Bat Tracking 2.0 | Alex Fast |
| 2:00-2:45p | Player Pool Analysis: Outfielders | Sara Sanchez, Doug Anderson, Brian Feldman |
| 2:45-3:30p | Spring Storylines: Job battles, Injuries, Q&A | Brent Hershey, Matt Cederholm |
| 3:30-4:00p | Attendee survey and Wrap-up | Hershey/Murphy |
| 6:00p | Attendee Drafts: 12-team NFBC Best Ball 15-team NFBC Draft & Hold Details and signup instructions to come |
All sessions tentative; check back often for updates! All times ET. For more information and how to register, click here.