There are now splits options on the FanGraphs leaderboards that allow you to see exactly how a player performed at an individual position. These positional splits also include a Value tab, so you can see a player’s WAR totals and components at a specific position.

Please note that these are different from the existing positional filters, which filter on qualified players (25% of games played) at a particular position. The new splits will only show the stats for a player while he was playing a specific position.

This is particularly useful at the team and league level where you don’t want full season stats from players who play multiple positions in your leaderboard.

For every game this year we’ll be projecting the odds of each team winning on our live scoreboard. We’ve also added an extra experimental line on live Win Probability graphs that adjusts for the newly calculated game odds.

To calculate these game odds we’re doing the following:

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Good news everyone! You can now make your picks in FanGraphs: The Game for the 2014 season!

Please note you will be able to change the team of any of your players up until you first spend money. So, if you want your players to be on new teams, I advise doing it before you make any picks. You can do this on the settings page.

In addition, your player will keep all of his stats from the previous two seasons and continue on to the next year of his career.

Lastly, if you had autopick set last year, it has now be unset. If you want to keep playing with autopick on, you will need to make your autopick selections again.

And for those of you who are rookies to FanGraphs: The Game…

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BSports Video Software Engineer

Location: New York, NY, US

The Role:
Join the elite team of developers at Bloomberg Sports working on our next-generation professional video solution. We are looking for a strong developer with a get-it-done attitude to help us bring our cutting edge video applications to market. This product will be used by professional sports teams to capture, encode, process, and distribute in-stadium high definition video from multiple angles simultaneously. These videos will also be integrated into Bloomberg Sports’ state-of-the-art professional analytics tool used by front offices throughout MLB.

A successful candidate will work on the core web service that binds the video solution together. In addition to an excellent grasp of technology, important attributes include excellent communication skills, a passion for sports, and the drive to help grow our company into the leader in sports analytics worldwide.

Qualifications:
– Significant experience with Java, C++
– Experience with video technologies (encoding, streaming, etc.)
– Experience with HTML5, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL, iOS development is an asset
– Passionate about sports
– Advanced problem solving skills
– Strong interpersonal and communication skills
– Self-motivated and detail-oriented with a desire to design and develop sports-related software applications

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We have a new section on both the leaderboards and player pages that now displays Inside Edge fielding data.

Inside Edge scouts watch every play and grade how easy or difficult it is to successfully field on the following scale:

• Impossible (0%)
• Remote (1-10%)
• Unlikely (10-40%)
• About Even (40-60%)
• Likely (60-90%)
• Almost Certain / Certain (90-100%)

We’ve aggregated all the data and made it available for you to peruse on a player-by-player basis:

In addition, this data will be updated nightly during the 2014 season!

The 2014 ZiPS projections are now available in the player pages and on the sortable projection pages. Much thanks to Dan Szymborski for once again providing his projections!

With the arrival of the ZiPS projections, we’ve updated our depth charts and projected standings to be a combination of both ZiPS and Steamer projections. Additionally, our playoff odds are now computed using a combination of both ZiPS and Steamer.

Inspired by our daily contest, the FanGraphs+ Player-Profile Game is now an actual game you can play on your very own, as often as you like!

The rules are simple. We take all the FanGraphs+ player profiles, removed the player’s name from said profile, and you have to guess whose profile it is. Your goal is to correctly guess as many in a row as possible. You have 60 seconds per round and you can guess incorrectly once each round. If you do exceptionally well, your guessing streak is recorded in the leaderboards so all can see that you are indeed awesome.

If you are already a FanGraphs+ subscriber and you get the answer wrong, you will be told the correct answer. However, if you are not a FanGraphs+ subscriber, you will be forever left wondering….

Texas Rangers: Programmer Analyst, Baseball Operations

City / State: Arlington TX

JOB SUMMARY:    Analyzes needs, designs, writes, tests and supports new programs and applications to support Baseball Operations.  Works according to approved requirements and detailed specifications.  Supports and contributes to ongoing analytical research.

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Phillies Baseball Operations Internship Program

The Philadelphia Phillies seek passionate, knowledgeable and highly motivated individuals with a desire to work in our Baseball Operations Department.  Interns will primarily focus on Baseball Analytics with the opportunity to be exposed to all facets of the Department.  The internship will include salary and benefits and will end in December.  Consideration will also be given to exceptional candidates who are only available during the summer months.

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TrackMan Baseball, Coordinator of Baseball Analytics

Job description

Join the TrackMan team as a Coordinator of Baseball Analytics and gain valuable experience working in a fast moving company that is operating at the intersection of sports and technology.

Reporting to the General Manager and working in close collaboration with the Director of Marketing, Analytics & Data Integrity, the Coordinator of Baseball Analytics will support all aspects of TrackMan’s data quality process and play a key role in developing insights based on TrackMan’s unique measurements.

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