Job Posting: Detroit Tigers Intern and Associate Positions

Please note, this posting contains four positions.

Position: Pro Scouting Intern

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist baseball operations and pro scouting with day-to-day operations
  • Work with pro scouting on special projects and target lists
  • Review daily reports and information with front office
  • Assist in player acquisition preparation & analysis
  • Support baseball administration and logistics
  • Assist with salary arbitration preparation
  • This position will work closely with the Baseball Operations and Pro Scouting staffs

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • The ideal candidate must be at least a college senior or recent graduate
  • The ideal candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • The ideal candidate must have excellent computer skills and be proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
  • The ideal candidate must have a general understanding of MLB rules, regulations, and contracts
  • The ideal candidate must have a general understanding of baseball scouting
  • The ideal candidate must have a general understanding of recent analytical baseball research and trends
  • The ideal candidate must have excellent interpersonal skills
  • The ideal candidate must have excellent organizational skills
  • The ideal candidate must be available full-time
  • The ideal candidate must be willing to work longs hours, including days, nights, weekends and holidays.

Working Conditions:

  • Office Environment
  • Some evening, weekend, and holiday hours will be required

To Apply:
To apply, please use this link.

Position: Associate, Major League Advance Scouting

Key Responsibilities:

  • Utilize internal software systems to create scouting reports for ML Coaching Staff.
  • Prepare full suite of scouting reports for pre-series preparation.
  • Operate BATS software to provide custom video analysis to coaches and players.
  • Assist with video operations, and the distribution of video to both coaches and players.
  • Various ad hoc tasks to support Major League Advance Scouting.
  • Other duties as assigned by members of the Baseball Operations Department.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Highly motivated with excellent attention to detail.
  • The candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • The candidate must have excellent organizational skills.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite.
  • The candidate is willing and able to relocate to the Detroit metro area.
  • The candidate must be available full-time.
  • The candidate must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as dictated by the baseball calendar.
  • Familiarity with SQL, R, Shiny, or Python, a plus.

Working Conditions:

  • Clubhouse and office environment, along with remote work.
  • Evening, weekend, and holiday hours will be required.

To Apply:
To apply, please use this link.

Position: Associate, Performance Science

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist with implementation and maintenance of existing performance science initiatives across the organization, including data collection, analysis and reporting.
  • Assist with the design, development, testing and support of new performance science initiatives.
  • Work closely with the Director, Performance Science to develop and disseminate information from performance science initiatives.
  • Effectively collaborate and communicate with player development, coaching, sports medicine, strength and conditioning and front office staff.
  • Assist with data management, organization and integration into the organization’s athlete management system.
  • Review research and technology updates relevant to baseball performance.
  • Perform exploratory performance science research projects and analysis as directed.
  • Assist with the maintenance, calibration and upkeep of performance science related equipment.
  • Other duties as directed by Director, Performance Science

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Bachelor’s degree in exercise science, exercise physiology, sports science, kinesiology, biomechanics or similar field.
  • Experience with the following technologies preferred: Force plates, IMUs, motion capture, high speed video, GPS tracking.
  • Experience using an athlete management system.
  • The ideal candidate must have excellent computer skills. Coding or data visualization skills a plus; R preferred.
  • The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills. Candidate must be able to convey complex performance science findings to relevant staffs.
  • The ideal candidate must have excellent attention to detail.
  • The ideal candidate must have excellent organizational skills.
  • Previous experience working with professional athletes and coaches a plus.
  • The ideal candidate must be willing to work longs hours, including days, nights, weekends and holidays.
  • The candidate must be available full-time.
  • Willing and able to relocate to the Lakeland, FL area or Detroit metro area.

Working Conditions:

  • Office environment.
  • Evening, weekend, and holiday hours will be required.

To Apply:
To apply, please use this link.

Position: Associate, Baseball Analytics

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.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Demonstrated familiarity with SQL querying and database design principles.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of baseball-specific data, modern statistical techniques and sabermetric analysis.
  • Familiarity with R/Python and/or other software applications/languages used for statistical calculations and graphical representations.
  • Experience with software development, including requirements definition, design, development, testing, and implementation, a plus.
  • Physics coursework, a plus.
  • Highly motivated with excellent attention to detail.
  • The candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • The candidate must have excellent organizational skills.
  • The candidate must be available full-time.
  • The candidate must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as dictated by the baseball calendar.
  • The candidate is willing and able to relocate to the Detroit metro area.

Working Conditions:

  • Remote working environment; potential for office environment.
  • Some evening, weekend, and holiday hours will be required.

To Apply:
To apply, please use this link.

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Meg is the managing editor of FanGraphs and the co-host of Effectively Wild. Prior to joining FanGraphs, her work appeared at Baseball Prospectus, Lookout Landing, and Just A Bit Outside. You can follow her on twitter @megrowler.

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