SABR Analytics Conference Schedule

The SABR Analytics Conference will be held February 27-March 1, 2026, at the Beus Center for Law and Society, 111 E. Taylor St., on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

Here is the full schedule for the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference. Click here to find details on all virtual Student Programming at the bottom of this page.

Note: All general sessions will be held in the Beus Center Great Hall, except where indicated below. Times listed are local times in Arizona (Mountain Standard Time).

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Friday, February 27

• 8:45-9:00 a.m.: Introduction to Diamond Dollars Case Competition
  Vince Gennaro will introduce the 2026 Diamond Dollars Case Competition in the Beus Center Great Hall, with presentations to follow.
• 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Diamond Dollars Case Competition
  Presentations of the Diamond Dollars Case Competition in Beus Center classrooms.
• 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.: Registration Open
  (Beus Center Plaza)
  You can pick up your SABR Analytics Conference registration packet in the Beus Center Plaza.
• 12:00-12:45 p.m.: Lunch
  (Beus Center Plaza)
  Analytics Conference registration includes lunch, which will be served in the Beus Center Plaza.

Session 1: Presented by Theia

• 1:00-1:15 p.m.: Conference Welcome
  SABR CEO Scott Bush welcomes attendees in the Beus Center Great Hall.
• 1:15-2:15 p.m.: Career Paths in Baseball Biomechanics Panel
  Panelists: Franky Mulloy, Cincinnati Reds; Hillary Plummer, San Diego Padres; Megan Stewart, Milwaukee Brewers; Will Vandenberg, Los Angeles Dodgers. Moderator: Will Carroll, Under the Knife.
• 2:20-2:50 p.m.: RP1: Introduction to Causal Analytics, Collision Geometry Deviation (CGD) and CGD+
  Ken Cherryhomes and Stacy Silvernail
• 2:50-3:20 p.m.: RP2: Solving Ball Flight Physics
  Conner Pelletier, Josh Hejka, and Sam Ehrlich
• 3:20-3:50 p.m.: RP3: Contact Depth Affects Most of the Other Hitting Metrics We Analyze
  Kevin Giordano
• 3:55-4:40 p.m.: The Next Edge: Where the Competitive Advantage is Moving in Baseball
  Vince Gennaro, NYU Lab for Transformative Leadership
• 5:00-7:00 p.m.: Networking Reception with Baseball Industry Network, presented by Baseball Reference
  (The Pub at Thunderbird)
  The networking reception is an opportunity for conference attendees to meet some of our panelists, speakers, writers and others working throughout the baseball industry. Light hors d’oeuvres served with a cash bar. Located next door in The Pub at Thunderbird, 401 N. 1st Street, 5th floor.

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Saturday, February 28

• 8:15-8:45 a.m.: Networking Coffee Talk, presented by Sony Sports
  (Beus Center Mezzanine, 2nd floor)
  Grab a cup of coffee while we discuss career paths and network. Networking coffee talks are for industry executives and students looking to get into the game and will include industry job postings. Located in the Beus Center Mezzanine on the 2nd floor.

Session 2: Presented by SMT and University of the Pacific’s Eberhardt School of Business

• 9:10-10:00 a.m.: MLB Statcast Updates
  Speakers: David Adler, Graham Goldbeck, Do-Hyoung Park, Major League Baseball.
• 10:05-10:20 a.m.: Student RP1: Building a Better Ballpark: Optimizing the Placement of the Outfield Wall in an MLB Stadium
  Peter Culley
• 10:25-10:40 a.m.: Student RP2: Relationship Between Fastball xCTRL and Kinematic Determinants of Arm Slot in NCAA Division I Baseball Pitchers
  (Room 240, 2nd floor)
  Joseph H. Caplan
• 10:25-10:40 a.m.: Student RP3: Modeling When a Third Base Coach Should Send a Runner Home
  Shane Sullivan
• 10:40-10:55 a.m.: Student RP4: Beyond the Aging Curve: A Bayesian Framework for Distinguishing and Quantifying Injury vs. Natural Decline in MLB Pitchers
  (Room 240, 2nd floor)
  Nickolas Bartle
• 10:40-10:55 a.m.: Student RP5: “Stomping” Out Fielder Pitch Tipping
  Tejas Rama and Sam Cowan
  
• 10:55-11:10 a.m.: Student RP6: A Kalman Filter Approach to Pitcher Mechanical Consistency in Major League Baseball
  (Room 240, 2nd floor)
  William Lee and Bach Nguyen
• 10:55-11:10 a.m.: Student RP7: When to Challenge a Pitch? A Reinforcement Learning Approach to ABS Challenge Strategy
  Christopher Martinez
  
• 11:20-11:50 a.m.: Diamond Dollars Case Competition
  Encore presentation from the winning team of the Diamond Dollars Case Competition.
• 12:00-1:00 p.m.: Lunch
  (Beus Center Plaza)
  Analytics Conference registration includes lunch, which will be served in the Beus Center Plaza.

Session 3: Presented by Rapsodo

• 1:05-2:05 p.m.: Players We Love in 2026 Panel
  Panelists: Dave Adler, Baseball HQ; Derek Carty, writer and podcaster, Jason Collette, Rotowire; Eno Sarris, The Athletic. Moderator: Derek VanRiper, The Athletic.
• 2:05-2:20 p.m.: SABR Analytics Conference award presentations
  SABR CEO Scott Bush will recognize the winners of the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards and the Dr. Mike Marshall Baseball Biomechanics Research Award.
• 2:20-2:50 p.m.: RP4: Assessing the Accuracy of In-Stadium and Portable Multi-Camera Markerless Motion Capture for Baseball Pitching Kinematics and Kinetics
  Arnel Aguinaldo
• 2:50-3:20 p.m.: RP5: Individual Muscle Capacity to Generate Elbow Varus Moment During a Fastball Pitch
  Kristen M. Stewart
• 3:30-4:30 p.m.: Keynote Talk
  Doug Fearing, Teamworks Intelligence.
• 4:35-5:15 p.m.: Poster Presentations
  (Welcome Center, 1st floor)
  Presented by Teamworks Intelligence.

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Sunday, March 1

• 8:15-8:45 a.m.: Networking Coffee Talk, presented by Sony Sports
  (Beus Center Mezzanine, 2nd floor)
  Grab a cup of coffee while we discuss career paths and network. Networking coffee talks are for industry executives and students looking to get into the game and will include industry job postings. Located in the Beus Center Mezzanine on the 2nd floor.

Session 4: Presented by Sports Info Solutions

• 9:00-9:30 a.m.: RP6: Lead Leg Ground Reaction Force Patterns and Their Association with Rotational Velocities and Bat Speed in Baseball Hitting: A Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis
  Wesley Gawel
• 9:30-10:00 a.m.: RP7: Torpedo-Style Bat Mass Redistribution: A Statcast-Calibrated Simulation of Exit Velocity and HR Proxy Effects
  Siddharth Ramakrishnan
  
• 10:00-11:00 a.m.: Arizona Diamondbacks Front Office 360 Panel
  Panelists: Jennifer Brann, Max Glick, Cory Hahn, Maile Kamada, Kelvin Kondo, Jason McLeod, Kristyn Pierce, Connor Shannon, Arizona Diamondbacks.
• 11:15-11:45 a.m.: RP8: Kinematic Consequences of Pull-Centric Swing Approaches
  Jessica Fackler
• 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: RP9: Prediction with Transparency: Offensive Value in Baseball
  Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
• 12:15-12:30 p.m.: Conference Wrap-Up
  SABR Chief Executive Officer Scott Bush.

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