Please note, this posting has three internship opportunities.

Position: Baseball Analytics Intern

Location: Detroit, Michigan

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:

• The ideal candidate must be at least a college senior or recent graduate (within 6 months).
• Demonstrated familiarity with SQL querying and database design principles.
• Demonstrated knowledge with 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.
• Experience with ETL processes that integrate multiple data sources, a plus.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent organizational skills.
• Highly motivated with excellent attention to detail.
• The ideal candidate must be available full-time.
• The ideal candidate must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as dictated by the baseball calendar.
• Willing and able to relocate to the Detroit metro area.

Working Conditions:

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

Duration:
January/May 2019 through December 2019.

To Apply:
To apply, please use this link.

Position: Baseball Software Development Intern

Location: Detroit, Michigan

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 the day-to-day operations of data warehousing and modeling processes.
• Assist with documentation of current processes.
• Assist with the collection of bug information for all processes and user-facing systems.
• 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:

• The ideal candidate must be at least a college senior or recent graduate (within 6 months).
• Demonstrated familiarity with SQL querying, database design principles, and object-oriented programming concepts.
• Demonstrated familiarity with either C# and/or Java plus web application design in a Windows environment. Knowledge of Angular is a plus.
• Familiarity with R/Python, Shiny, and/or other software applications/languages used for statistical calculations and graphical representations, a plus.
• Experience with software development, including requirements definition, design, development, testing, and implementation, a plus.
• Experience with ETL processes that integrate multiple data sources, a plus.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent organizational skills.
• Highly motivated with excellent attention to detail.
• The ideal candidate must be available full-time.
• The ideal candidate must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as dictated by the baseball calendar.
• Willing and able to relocate to the Detroit metro area.

Working Conditions:

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

Duration:
January/May 2019 through December 2019.

To Apply:
To apply, please use this link.

Position: Minor League Baseball Information Intern

Location: Lakeland, Florida

Job Description:
This position is designed to assist with day-to-day department activities, projects, presentations and overall organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Utilization of STATS software to chart, upload and download game information.
• Act as main video personnel for both Gulf Coast League teams.
• Assist in day-to-day video operations during Spring Training.
• Daily management of data collected from various affiliates throughout the Minor League season.
• Preparation of advance scouting documentation prior to each series.
• Assist scouting staff with video needs from local and televised games and workouts.
• Recording of any on-field activity as requested by Tigers staff.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• The ideal candidate must be at least a college senior, recent graduate (within 6 months).
• The ideal candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent organizational skills.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent attention to detail.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent knowledge of general baseball concepts.
• The ideal candidate must be available full-time.
• The ideal candidate must be willing to work longs hours, including days, nights, weekends and holidays.
• The ideal candidate must be have excellent computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus.

Working Conditions:

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

Duration:
February 2019 through October 2019.

To Apply:
To apply, please use this link.