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Position: Advance Associate, Major League Strategy

Location: Flushing, NY

Job Description:

Summary:
Seeking an individual with a background in data analysis to work with the club’s Baseball Analytics team with a focus on advance scouting. This is an entry-level, seasonal 6-8 month position in which the Associate will analyze baseball data and use their findings to provide insight within the areas of game strategy and preparation. Applicants should be available to start prior to the 2021 season.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Compile advance scouting reports and deliver them to MLB coaching staff and other personnel.
• Develop and improve automated tools, visualizations, and reports to aid in the distribution of information to players, coaches, and other field staff.
• Answer ad-hoc research questions pertaining to player performance and game strategy.
• Conduct research in the field of Baseball Analytics and communicate insights with other members of Baseball Operations.
• Ability to research, develop, and test predictive models to support baseball decision-making is a plus (i.e., player evaluation, roster construction, player development, in-game strategy).
• Collect and manage large data sets. This may involve writing scripts for automation as well as manual data entry.
• Assist coaching staff with administrative tasks including submission of lineups, scheduling, team communications, and more.

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Position: Baseball Systems Director

Summary:
The New York Mets are seeking a Director, Baseball Systems to lead a team of developers tasked with designing, building, and improving software applications to support all aspects of baseball operations. The Systems Director will work closely with the Director of Baseball Analytics and members of other departments to display the most accurate and up-to-date information in user-friendly ways that are secure and accessible from a variety of platforms. The Systems Director will also coordinate with the data engineering team to implement best practices and communicate the data needs of the department. Prior experience in or knowledge of baseball is not required.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Recruit, hire, and manage a diverse team of front-end developers
• Design and oversee the development of all internal software applications within Baseball Operations
• Implement and enforce best practices for code management and review, balancing the need for thorough testing with the need for timely deployment
• Work with front office staff, coaches, and scouts to determine the software needs of the entire department, and incorporate and respond to continuous feedback from those same individuals
• Work with the data engineering team to effectively communicate the data needs of the Baseball Systems team, and ensure consistent practices across those two groups
• In consultation with the Acting General Manager, the Director of Baseball Analytics, and others, manage workloads and priority orders of all developers and the department as a whole
• Ensure consistency of UI tools, including content and look-and-feel, across a variety of platforms
• Remain up-to-date on both software and hardware that could apply to the Baseball Systems department, and explain to the Acting General Manager the pros and cons of any potential purchases
• Coordinate the technology-based data collection process, which includes overseeing employees tasked with operating data-collection technology with the major league team and affiliates

Qualifications:

• BS degree or equivalent experience in a computer science or related field
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in product management, front-end development, or both
• Previous work experience interfacing with data engineers
• Previous work experience interfacing with non-technical clients
• Experience with UI/UX design
• Proficiency in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and other common front-end languages and software packages is strongly preferred
• Previous management experience is preferred
• Ability to work cooperatively with others, and to take control of large-scale projects with little or no daily oversight

To Apply:
Please follow this link to apply.

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Position: Baseball Analytics Associate

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with importing, cleaning, and preparing of baseball datasets.
• Assist with the design, development, testing and support of proprietary data collection and decision-support systems.
• Design ad hoc SQL queries.
• Assist with statistical modeling of baseball data.
• Execute exploratory research and analysis as directed.
• Review public research on a regular basis.
• Provide support for important events such as the Rule 4 Draft, the trade deadline, contract negotiations and salary arbitration.
• Support Baseball Operations, Scouting and Player Development with ad hoc requests.
• Other duties as assigned by members of the Baseball Operations Department.

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Position: Synergy Sports Cape Cod Video Scout

Location: Cape Cod, MA

Description: Synergy Sports is seeking qualified candidates to work as Video Scouts for the 2021 Cape Cod Baseball League season – the premier collegiate summer wood-bat league in the United States. Synergy Sports provides world-class video and analytics for baseball globally at all professional, collegiate, and amateur levels. Synergy Sports is the exclusive video provider of the CCBL to major league clubs. Cape Cod Video Scouts will track rosters, capture live multi-angle video footage from every game of the CCBL season, and upload video/data to the Synergy platform for client use. The position runs from June 12, 2021 to August 14, 2021 and will include hourly compensation.

Responsibilities:

• Manage game day video and technology equipment for data capture.
• Serve as Synergy liaison for Cape Cod teams.
• Track and update rosters and player information.
• Verify data accuracy and video quality.
• Provide daily updates to staff and content partners.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of and strong interest in baseball operations, amateur scouting, or player development.
• Proficiency with computers (Windows, Mac).
• Experience with video equipment, including cameras, SD cards, tripods, and clamps is preferred.
• Experience with Minor League or College baseball teams is a plus.
• Strong work ethic, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Must have access to reliable transportation and housing on the Cape.

To Apply:
Please follow this link to apply.

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Coordinator, Sports Science

Department: Baseball Operations
Reports to: Manager, Athlete Care, with a dotted line reporting to Sr. Director, Analytics
Directly Supervises: Sports Science Analyst

Primary Objective:
Responsible for the oversight, development and management of sports science programs and information, with the objective of designing evidence-based programs to support efforts to maximize player health and performance.

Essential Functions:

• Evaluate, design, and implement sports science programming for the organization.
• Collaborate and work closely with High Performance staff on athlete management and data collection protocols.
• Coordinate the collection, tracking and storage of all sport science information.
• Collaborate with Baseball Operations Analytics Department to track measurements and create models, as appropriate.
• Design and distribute actionable reports for use by players, coaches, and staff.
• Search for and vet all new technologies which might improve current sports science programming.
• Assist the Player Plan process by creating customized, individual suggestions for each of the Major League and Minor League players.
• Provide strong people leadership; implement strategies to effectively manage Team Members and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of department’s people resources.
• Train, evaluate performance, and foster growth and development of full time staff and Team Members, encouraging personal and professional development.
• Develop and implement department rules, policies, regulations, work methods and procedures as well as monitoring work activities and performance of department personnel.
• Will perform other duties as assigned.

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Position: Data Engineer, Baseball Systems

Position Overview:
The Data Engineer, Baseball Systems position will be a member of the baseball operations software development team, and is responsible for integrating, collecting, processing, and storing many sources of baseball data, as well as designing and building new data solutions. This position must be comfortable with on-premises and cloud solutions, and take the initiative to explore new optimizations and cutting-edge data technologies. This individual will work closely with the team’s data architect, analysts, developers, and other members of baseball operations.

Responsibilities:

• Build leading-edge baseball solutions together with the software development team, analysts, and others on new and existing baseball systems
• Build and maintain integration pipelines, often via an API or file-based, while also identifying areas of improvement and spending time to re-architect when required. Build and maintain infrastructure to optimize extraction, transformation, and the loading of data from various sources
• Design, build, and maintain data warehousing solutions for the software development and analytics teams. Build and maintain tools for the analysts to enable more efficient and extensive data modeling and simulation efforts
• Participate in key phases of the software development process of critical baseball applications, including requirements gathering, analysis, effort estimation, technical investigation, software design and implementation, testing, bug fixing, and quality assurance
• Actively participate with software developers and data architects in design reviews, code reviews, and other best practices

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Major League Baseball’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is proud to sponsor a select group of qualifying students to attend the 10th Annual SABR Analytics Conference (Society for American Baseball Research), to be held virtually March 11-14, 2021. The SABR Virtual Analytics Conference is a four-day event featuring guest speakers, panels, and presentations on the impact of analytics on the game of baseball and features the Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Students will also have an opportunity to participate in skill development sessions and networking opportunities with current MLB and Club employees.

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is seeking qualified candidates from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds interested in careers in baseball operations such as Salary Arbitration and Economics, Research & Development, Scouting and Player Development.

• Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to participate
• Individuals with studies in business, computer science, statistics and economics are strongly encouraged to apply

To Apply:
Prospective candidates must submit the following materials to receive full consideration:

• Current resume
• Personal essay (500 words or less)

The application can be found here. Space is limited. The application deadline is Monday, February 22, 2021.

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Position: Advance Information Coordinator

Location: Boston, MA; Travel is required with the Major League team

Description:
The Boston Red Sox are seeking an Assistant to support the Major League coaching staff while working closely with the Major League Hitting Coach and baserunning coach, Analyst in Baseball Analytics, and their Advance Information department.

This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, intellectually curious environment and to potentially impact player performance and on-field strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Effectively present analyses through the use of written reports and data visualization to disseminate insights to members of the Major League coaching staff.
• Travel with the Major League team throughout the season, including to Boston’s spring training facility. During the offseason this position will be based in Boston working with Baseball Analytics.
• Other projects and related duties as directed by the Major League Hitting Coach, Analyst in Baseball Analytics, and other members of Baseball Operations leadership.

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Position: Player Valuation Analyst

Reports To: Assistant Director, Professional Player Valuation
Department: Professional Player Valuation

The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently seeking a full-time Analyst to join their Professional Player Valuation team. The Professional Player Valuation team is responsible for producing internal valuations of players and for communicating the insights from their research to others within Baseball Operations. This role will provide candidates with opportunities for growth and the ability to learn from others throughout the organization. In this role, you will have the ability to influence roster construction and to see the impact of your work on the field. Read the rest of this entry »

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Position: Baseball Systems Engineer- Toronto Blue Jays

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Primary Focus: To create tools and systems that support decision making in all areas of Baseball Operations.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Maintain and support the current end to end data warehousing process within Baseball Operations, starting with structured and unstructured data, conceiving and designing appropriate data structures, performing ETL processes to house the data in the data structures and exposing the data structures to end users.
• Design and manage the integration process of new data sources into existing database structures and frameworks.
• Develop and maintain data quality assurance processes to ensure database integrity in the future.
• Understand and document current database structures, historical design decisions, format, definitions, limitations and content of currently used external and internal data feeds, and establish future requirements.
• Complete ad-hoc database queries and analysis as dictated by circumstances.
• Oversee the evaluation, selection, implementation and support of new database systems.
• Develop and maintain conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Work with other developers to help support internal web applications.
• Collaborate with members of the Baseball Operations developers to develop best practices for storing and displaying baseball data.
• Recommend new data sources for purchase and/or new techniques to gather data.

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