Please note, this posting contains multiple internship opportunities with Wareham Gatemen Baseball (Wareham, MA) of the Cape Cod League.

Position: Baseball Operations – Scouting

Description:
The Wareham Gatemen Organization is currently seeking three highly motivated, energetic, and talented individuals to serve as scouting interns. Position begins date of hire and runs through August 15, 2019 (or when season ends; including playoffs). The Scouting interns will work with the GM and coaching staff on general scouting and advanced scouting duties throughout the season.

Reports to: General Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• All Scouting interns will work with the GM and coaching staff to learn the ins and outs of scouting. Interns will need to bring their own stopwatch, clipboard, notebook and 3-ring binder, and the 2019 Baseball America Directory. Interns will progress from learning the mechanical breakdowns of each position to writing full scouting reports on CCBL players. By the end of the summer, each intern will have a foundation in amateur scouting to pursue a career in scouting, player development or general baseball operations.
• Review scouting materials and complete assignments on time.
• Attend all Gatemen games or assigned CCBL games.
• Adhering to a weekly rotation of job responsibilities.
• Attend, learn and contribute to daily staff meetings.
• Work with GM and coaching staff learning the basics of scouting.
• Learn basics of advanced scouting.
• Complete scouting reports on opponents and specific players for review by coaching staff.
• Converse with five MLB scouts per week and write a two-page summary report on conversations.
• Compile database of MLB scouts on the cape with contact information.

Qualifications:

• Prior experience working for college baseball program or summer collegiate baseball team strongly preferred.
• Prior baseball playing experience preferred but not required.
• Ability to understand and pick up player/game situational tendencies.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
• Ability to communicate efficiently with all aspects of the Baseball Operations Department (Scouting, Player Development, Coaching and other Baseball Ops interns).
• Professional attitude and work ethic with strong interpersonal skills.
• The ideal candidate must be willing to work longs hours, including days, nights, weekends and holidays.
• Must currently be enrolled at a college or university in either an undergraduate or graduate program.

Additional Information & Expectations:

• This is an unpaid internship.
• Opportunity exists to earn money by doing extra facilities/field work and team laundry (uniforms).
• Must provide own transportation to games.
• Housing is not provided but the Gatemen can assist in finding appropriate housing (approximate rental costs $2,750/person for the entire summer) as well as assist finding part-time employment.
• Must adhere to the Wareham Gatemen organization policies and procedures as well as the Cape Cod Baseball League Code of Conduct.

To Apply:
To apply, please visit this site.

For any questions please email Andrew Lang at baseballops.gatemen@gmail.com.

Position: MLB Scout Liaison Internship

Description:
The Wareham Gatemen Organization is currently seeking a highly motivated, energetic, and talented individual to be the MLB Scout Liaison Intern for the summer of 2019. The ideal candidate will have at least one year’s experience working in a sports team environment. Position begins June 5, 2019 and runs through August 15, 2019 (or when season ends; including playoffs). The MLB Scout Liaison serves as the point person for all MLB scouts who attend games at Spillane Field. You will be the contact for all information the scouts need.

Reports to: General Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend all Gatemen home games.
• Create required roster and stat sheets for every home game using league template.
• Maintain contact with coaching staff pitching rotation, starting lineup, batting practice times, i/o times and weather delays.
• Arrive at the field 30 minutes prior to Gatemen batting practice.
• Provide copies of stat and roster bio sheets for all home games.
• Update Gatemen scouting twitter account with player information, probable starting lineups, probable starting pitchers and their tandem, injury related information and any other information deemed necessary.
• Provide scouts with any information they ask for on game day.
• Maintain the game “velo” chart for the pitching coach at each home game.

Qualifications:

• Prior experience working for college baseball program or summer collegiate baseball team required.
• Advanced knowledge of baseball required.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Professional attitude and work ethic with strong interpersonal skills.
• The ideal candidate must be willing to work longs hours, including days, nights, weekends and holidays.
• Must currently be enrolled at a college or university in either an undergraduate or graduate program.

Additional Information & Expectations:

• This is an unpaid internship.
• Opportunity to earn money by doing extra facilities/field work and team laundry (uniforms).
• Housing is not provided but the Gatemen can assist in finding appropriate housing (approximate rental costs $2,750/person for the entire summer) as well as assist in finding part time employment.
• Must adhere to the Wareham Gatemen organization policies and procedures as well as the Cape Cod Baseball League Code of Conduct.

To Apply:
To apply, please visit this site.

For any questions please email Andrew Lang at baseballops.gatemen@gmail.com.

Baseball Operations – Player Development

Description:
The Wareham Gatemen Organization is currently seeking four highly motivated, energetic, and talented individuals to serve as Player Development interns. Position begins date of hire and runs through August 15, 2019 (or when season ends; including playoffs).

Reports to: Manager & General Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• PD interns will work with the Manager, coaching staff and GM on executing the Player Development Program. Interns will be on the field every day assisting the coaching staff throughout the day with various development related tasks. The Gatemen utilize Driveline TRAQ software to organize the program. Interns will need to become highly proficient with the software. This is a great opportunity for a student manager currently working with a college baseball program to learn how to create, organize, execute and modify player development programs.
• Set up all equipment and screens needed by coaching staff for all player/team workouts.
• Set up video cameras for all workouts and games.
• Operate cameras at direction of the GM & coaching staff during workouts and games.
• Upload video into TRAQ system.
• Assist coaching staff with all input into TRAQ.
• Attend, learn and contribute to daily staff meetings.
• Attend all Gatemen games.
• In game charting of data that the GM or coaching staff asks to be collected.
• Prepare field for home games (dragging/watering infield, working on mound/plate, lining field for game).
• Ad hoc projects as assigned by coaching staff of GM.

Qualifications:

• Prior experience working for college baseball program or summer collegiate baseball team preferred but not required.
• Understanding of typical baseball data structures, and knowledge of current baseball research, statistics and strategy.
• Prior baseball playing experience preferred but not required.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access).
• Ability to communicate efficiently with all aspects of the Baseball Operations Department (Scouting, Player Development, Coaching and other Baseball Ops interns).
• Professional attitude and work ethic with strong interpersonal skills.
• The ideal candidate must be willing to work longs hours, including days, nights, weekends and holidays.
• Must currently be enrolled at a college or university in either an undergraduate or graduate program.

Additional Information & Expectations:

• This is an unpaid internship. Opportunity to earn money by doing extra facilities/field work and team laundry (uniforms).
• Must provide own transportation to away games.
• Housing is not provided but the Gatemen can assist finding appropriate housing (approximate rental costs $2,750/person for the entire summer) as well as assist finding part time employment.
• Must adhere to the Wareham Gatemen organization policies and procedures as well as the Cape Cod Baseball League Code of Conduct.

To Apply:
To apply, please visit this site.

For any questions please email Andrew Lang at baseballops.gatemen@gmail.com.

Position: Baseball Operations – Assistant GM

Description:
The Wareham Gatemen Organization is currently seeking five highly motivated, energetic, and talented individuals to serve as Asst. GMs. Position begins date of hire and runs through August 15, 2019 (or when season ends; including playoffs). The interns will assist the GM’s research and development efforts as well as complete three internship based projects. This internship will be focused on data entry and analytics but there will be opportunities to gain valuable experience in other aspects of Baseball Operations.

Reports to: General Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend all Gatemen games.
• Collect, clean and enter data from various sources into data collection system.
• Collaborate with GM, Field Manager and other interns to design and implement statistical analyses.
• Keep up to date on current baseball research and new modeling techniques.
• Assist in designing, developing, testing and implementing models and metrics utilizing appropriate tools and techniques.
• Each intern will be assigned one of the following internship projects:
• Develop a metric which demonstrates the baseline value for a successful temporary player in the Cape Cod League. (WAR-like metric)
• Develop set of metrics for future roster construction and player identification.
• Develop standard metrics for the CCBL to aid scouting evaluations of overall player performance.

Qualifications:

• Prior experience working for college baseball program or summer collegiate baseball team preferred but not required.
• Strong foundation in computational field, such as Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Analytics or Quantitative Social Sciences.
• Knowledge of statistical analysis, machine learning and predictive modeling.
• Understanding of typical baseball data structures, and knowledge of current baseball research, statistics and strategy.
• Demonstrated experience with database querying (SQL) and preferably statistical software (e.g. MySQL, Microsoft SQL, etc…)
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
• Demonstrated experience working with Python, R, C++.
• Ability to communicate efficiently with all aspects of the Baseball Operations Department (Scouting, Player Development, Coaching and other Baseball Ops interns).
• Professional attitude and work ethic with strong interpersonal skills.
• The ideal candidate must be willing to work longs hours, including days, nights, weekends and holidays.
• Must currently be enrolled at a college or university in either an undergraduate or graduate program.

Additional Information & Expectations:

• This is an unpaid internship but there are opportunities to earn some money doing various field jobs.
• Must provide own transportation to away games.
• Housing is not provided but the Gatemen can assist finding appropriate housing (approximate rental costs $2,750/person for the entire summer) as well as assist finding part time employment.
• Must adhere to the Wareham Gatemen organization policies and procedures as well as the Cape Cod Baseball League Code of Conduct.

To Apply:
To apply, please visit this site.

For any questions please email Andrew Lang at baseballops.gatemen@gmail.com.