Job Posting: Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Operations Analytics Intern

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October 29, 2015

Position: Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Operations Analytics Intern

Location: Toronto

Description:
A Baseball Operations Analytics Intern is primarily responsible for assisting with day-to-day tasks within Baseball Operations. Responsibilities vary dependent on the baseball calendar and internal sub-department needs (Amateur Scouting, Player Development, Pro Scouting and Baseball Information), with a heavy focus on analytics and research.

Why Rogers?
As a proud Canadian company, we’re dedicated to making things easier for our customers. We’re driven to make our communities and our country stronger and more successful by providing Canadian’s with advanced networks, powerhouse media brands, and technologically-advanced communications services. We’ve been embracing and leading change for over 50-years, and we’ll continue to seek out new opportunities to bring our customers simple solutions for today and tomorrow.

Why Rogers? Because we believe the best is yet to come.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist the Baseball Operations department with projects as directed.
  • Staying current on publically available baseball research.
  • Maintain critical scouting/statistical databases and monitoring the import of data feeds.
  • Assist with the preparation for the Rule 4 Draft.
  • Provide support for Baseball Operations meetings and player transaction decisions.
  • Support Minor League Operations/Player Development with their daily operations.
  • Contribute to analysis of Major and Minor League Players.
  • Assist with the testing of Baseball Operations software systems.

Qualifications:

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  • Strong baseball knowledge.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
  • Experience using SQL and statistical software such as R.
  • Familiar with current baseball research and analytics.
  • Professional attitude and work ethic with strong interpersonal skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is a plus.
  • Demonstrated analytic skills and knowledge of a scripting language are a plus.
  • Baseball playing or scouting experience are a plus.
  • Previous work with professional or local sports organization is a plus.

Compensation:
This position is compensated.

To Apply:
If interested, apply here.





 

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in
10 years ago

Also I hear there’s a GM job available

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orange.56
10 years ago
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🙁

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joser
10 years ago
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This internship is subject to relocation without notice.

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free-range turducken
10 years ago
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Is “joser” short for “josereyes”?

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Jordan
10 years ago
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I think the GM posting is more for a sheep.

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