Position: Baseball Data & Market Analyst

Description:
The Boras Corporation has two immediate full-time openings in Newport Beach, CA for creative, well-organized team players with a genuine interest in a career in baseball. One of the positions requires written and verbal fluency in Spanish. At The Boras Corp you will be working for a small business that is prominent in the baseball industry in an office-based setting with others responsible for the handling of a variety of baseball research, statistical and analytical needs. The ideal candidate will have personal experience in a team-sports environment combined with ability to present complex information in a visual presentation.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university (or sufficient relevant experience)
• Fluent in Spanish (written and verbal) for one of the two open positions
• Prior baseball or team sports experience
• Proficient in Keynote presentations, Microsoft Excel, and SQL.
• Adobe Suite, R programming are a plus.
• Outstanding communication, analytical, and organizational skills
• Able to operate under short deadlines in a fast-paced environment

To Apply:
Please send an email with the subject “Open BC Analyst Position” to borascorpcandidate@gmail.com by June 27, 2022.

The body of the email should contain the following:

• Your resume.
• Include any details about your athletic experience
• Include any details about your ability to communicate in Spanish.
• Your full contact information.
• Personal and professional references
• Your minimum annual salary requirement (needs to be a specific dollar figure).

Emails that do not contain all this information will not be considered.

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Position: Senior Software Engineer at Major League Baseball

Location: San Francisco, CA

Major League Baseball is looking for experienced Software Engineers that are passionate about building new technologies for the baseball industry. Launched in 2001 as the tech arm of Major League Baseball, MLBAM is now a leading authority in real-time sports data processing, distribution and analysis.

The Baseball Data team is the central data hub for MLB. Using cutting edge technology, our data is consumed by fans, broadcasters, stadiums, and MLB teams. Our team’s primary product line is MLB.com Gameday, Statcast and Pitchcast.

The Opportunity:
As a Senior Software Engineer, your primary responsibilities will be to write clean, concise, modular code in an agile environment, mentor developers and provide code reviews.

You’ll also:

• Lead and take ownership of critical projects and your own initiatives.
• Work on a great technology stack including HTML5, Javascript, React, SQL, Java 11+, Spring, Scala and more.
• Introduce the technologies you feel passionate about.
• Collaborate with a team of extraordinary engineers and technologists.
• Influence the innovation of products used by millions of users worldwide.
• Work alongside top data scientists on data analysis, machine vision and NLP.
• Participate in the full lifecycle of software development (requirements gathering, designing, building, testing and maintenance).
• Change the way baseball is consumed.
• Receive amazing benefits – you get 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental and Vision.

You have:

• 7+ years of experience using front end technologies: JavaScript, React, HTML5, CSS3.
• Experience using JVM languages (Java, Scala, Kotlin…).
• Experienced building large and scalable applications.
• An avid learner, independent with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Passionate about mentoring peer developers, providing code reviews, etc.
• Baseball fan.

Preferred, but not required:

• Exposure to Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services.
• Familiar with messaging queues: ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ or similar
• Experience with SQL databases
• Understanding of big data concepts and knowledge of big data languages/tools such as Hadoop, Kylin, or Spark
• Experience with 3D modeling and statistical analysis of 3D models

What Is It Like to Work at MLB?
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the Major Leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering them to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.

MLB’s vision is to be the global sport of choice for youth to play, fans of all backgrounds to enjoy and a desired destination for employment. With a belief that the journey to growth and greatness is ongoing, MLB gives employees the opportunity to continue learning and honing their skills with programs such as: tuition reimbursement; mentorship programs; lunch and learns; online course subscriptions; paid industry certifications; business resource groups; and more.

MLB provides its employees with exceptional medical, dental, and vision coverage. Premiums are 100% employer covered to help employees focus on being their best!

All in-office and ballpark-based positions are subject to MLB’s mandatory Covid-19 vaccine policy

To Apply:
To apply, please follow this link.

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Position: Data Quality Engineer – Detroit Tigers (Detroit · MI)

Job Summary:
The Detroit Tigers are currently seeking a Data Quality Engineer, Baseball Data Infrastructure. This role will be responsible for designing, managing, and automating data quality processes across our disparate data sources to support Baseball Operations initiatives. This position will report to the Director, Baseball Data Infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and use data quality assurance frameworks to support the process of identifying inconsistent data patterns.
• Work with Tigers data engineers and data scientists to implement good data hygiene practices and procedures in our data pipelines.
• Work with external data vendors to triage and remedy data quality issues.
• Automate and execute test cases in data pipelines and manage data issue tracking.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• 2+ years of relevant work experience in data analysis and engineering using SQL and Python
• Knowledgeable with data strategies and practices, such as continuous integration, regression testing, and versioning.
• Experience querying SQL data warehouses built for data science and analytics.
• Familiarity with cloud computing, cloud storage, and cloud services.
• Understanding of data quality frameworks and best practices for implementation.
• Passion for baseball and familiarity with current baseball research.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong SQL skills (T-SQL preferred).
• Effective communication skills with an ability to explain technical concepts to developers and business partners.
• Experience using Apache Spark (Databricks on Azure preferred).
• Experience in generating reports and visuals on large data sources.
• Experience with DevOps practices for CI\CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with open-source data quality frameworks (Great Expectations preferred).
• Familiarity with Airflow.

Working Conditions:

• Office environment.
• The location may be based in Detroit or fully remote.
• Occasional evening, weekend, and holiday hours may be required.

The above is intended to describe the essential job functions, the general supplemental functions, and the essential requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all additional duties, responsibilities, or nonessential requirements. Detroit Tigers, Inc. has the right to change, modify, suspend, interrupt, or cancel in whole or in part any job functions outlined in a job description at any time and without advance notice to the employee.

To Apply:
To apply, please follow this link.

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Part-time Junior Front End Developer

We are looking for a remote, part-time contract front end developer to help maintain and develop FanGraphs’ website and data tools. We will consider any developer background, but most work will be done in JavaScript and React.

If you have any coding experience, please do not hesitate to apply!

We’re looking for someone with creativity and a user-centric mindset, as well as an appetite for learning and growth.

The position will entail about 10-20 hours of work a week, with some flexibility in terms of schedule. Read the rest of this entry »

Position: Developer – Baseball Systems

Summary The Developer – Baseball Systems will collaborate with the Application Development team to develop exciting user-facing applications for platforms within Baseball Operations. This position requires strong software development skills and experience, as well as a demonstrated ability for independent thought and the willingness to work within a team framework.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may be assigned.

• Design new experiences and displays for usage within our systems especially with the R&D team
• Develop new application features and work with end users to ensure acceptance and reliability
• Assist in creation of application content and visualizations, especially for mobile environments
• Create tests, document, and participate in code reviews around new features and functionality
• Work with teammates to support existing functionality of systems, including user support

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Experience with software development, including requirements definition, design, development, testing, implementation, and iterative improvement
• Proficiency with front-end web development technologies (including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript)
• Strong understanding of desktop, laptop and mobile UI/UX design concepts and demonstrated ability to apply responsive design techniques
• Familiarity with server-side web programming languages such as Java, C#, or Go
• Baseball fan with a desire to work closely with the entire Baseball Operations department

Preferred skills The skills listed below will help an individual perform the job, however they are not all required.

• Familiarity with advanced statistical baseball concepts, including advanced statistics and player evaluation metrics
• Experience with data visualizations tools such as D3.js or similar, particularly for large data sets
• Experience with Microsoft technologies including C# and SQL Server
• Experience with front end JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue

Education and/or Experience
Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field from four-year college or university; and zero- three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Computer Skills
To perform the job successfully, the individual must be proficient using Microsoft office software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and Internet Explorer.

Other Skills and Abilities
Capable of working extended hours such as overtime, nights, and weekends when necessary.

Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to department members and non-technical baseball operations staff.

Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions, which may include heat, cold and various forms of precipitation.
The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Work Hours
Business hours are Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm, however, candidates must be capable of working extended hours such as overtime, nights, and weekends, when necessary.

To Apply:
To apply, please follow this link.

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Position: 2022 Cape Cod Baseball League Trackman Operator (Seasonal)

Description:
TrackMan leverages industry leading 3D doppler radar technology to capture the most comprehensive and accurate ball tracking data in the game

TrackMan data is used for player evaluation and development by all Major League teams in the US and most teams in Japan and Korea, as well as top NCAA D1 programs.

TrackMan Cape Cod League are seeking highly motivated and detail-oriented candidates to operate the TrackMan Systems at various Cape Cod locations. These individuals will be responsible for running the TrackMan system for all Cape Cod games. The duties require that this role arrive at least one half-hour before first pitch and continue to the final out. This position runs from Early June — August 13th, with the season opener June 12th

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting up rosters and tagging information in TrackMan System.
• Log information for the entire game – monitoring the system and making any changes throughout the game (i.e., roster changes, defensive substitutions, etc.).
• Assist in troubleshooting system issues with Trackman support, fixing any errors, and uploading the game to the TrackMan.
• Maintain TrackMan equipment required for tagging.
• Support the TrackMan data operations teams in ad-hoc data requests and evaluations.
• Ensure quality of the data that is captured (Player, play result, pitch call accuracy etc.)

Qualifications:

• Current college student or recent graduate with education focused on Sports Management, Statistics / Mathematics, Operations Management, Sports Analytics or similar.
• Strong computer skills to operate the system and/or troubleshoot systemic issues.
• A firm understanding of baseball is required.
• Candidate must be able to make all home games and able to work nights during the week and weekends associated with home games. (June 20 – August 10)
• Experience in Project Management a plus.
• Basic database and/or analytics experience a plus.
• Previous Trackman experience is a plus.

Please Note:

• This is a seasonal opportunity, and no benefits or re-location will be provided.
• Accommodations in Cape Cod for the duration of the season is required.
• Trackman will not reimburse travel or accommodations for the summer.

Compensation:
This position is compensated.

To Apply:
To apply, please send a resume to Morty Bouchard at MYB@Trackman.com with the subject line “Cape Cod TrackMan Internship”. We will only accept resumes sent via email not through any job boards.

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Position: End User Support

Department: IS
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reporting To: Manager, End User Support
FLSA Classification: Exempt

Primary Purpose
The End-User Support Specialist position will provide support to all users in Business and Baseball at all our facilities as well as remote users. The End-User Support Specialist ensures the availability and effective use of technology hardware, software, and services through technology training, proactive monitoring, performing trends, root cause analysis, and actively resolving support requests in a timely and accurate manner. The End-User Support Specialist will maintain commercial and proprietary technology equipment and assets and is responsible for the life cycle management (deployment, secure manage, support, and decommission), while ensuring optimal performance. Read the rest of this entry »

For your amusement (and your amusement only), we’ve put together two on-pace leaderboards.

As some of the season totals you’ll see there will likely make obvious, these leaderboards are a good illustration of why it isn’t great to draw conclusions from small samples.

There are two varieties of on-pace leaderboards available:

• On-Pace Every Game Played (EGP) projects future playing time as if the player will play in every single remaining game this season. For pitchers, it projects starters to pitch every 4.5 days and relievers to pitch every 2.5 days. This is calculated proportional to their current season games started to games played ratio.
• On-Pace Games Played% (GP%) projects playing time as if the player will play in the same percentage of total future team games as they’ve already played in this season. For instance, if a player has played in five of their team’s 10 total games, we would project them to play in 76 future games.

Needless to say, neither of these attempts to project future playing time is any good, but that’s fine! These aren’t intended to be smart — they’re just dumb on-pace metrics that we should all know have no basis in reality at this point in the season.

If you are interested in forecasting what a player’s actual end of season stats might be, I suggest taking a look at either the Steamer (Update) or ZiPS (Update) projections. These projections add together a player’s existing stats and Rest of Season (RoS) projections for a much more realistic look at what a player’s end of season stats might actually be.

Enjoy!

Position: KinaTrax Full Stack Developer (Full-Time, Remote)

Job Description
The Full Stack developer will be responsible for building and improving new and existing software applications. The developer will help to organize internal and external data based on client and internal research needs. Additionally, the developer will help to maintain KinaTrax Dugout, our web application developed in React and Node.js.

Responsibilities
The Full Stack Developer performs the major functions listed below. The position may require additional duties/responsibilities that may not be outlined below, and specific functions are subject to change

• Create, maintain, and enhance database objects in MySQL
• Develop data-driven solutions to ensure company information is stored effectively and securely
• Create and enhance database and data ingestion elements as part of planned development projects and activities
• Maintain and continue building our internal web reporting application
• Perform other duties, as needed

Preferred Qualifications & Requirements

• 2+ years of experience designing and developing relational databases with an emphasis on reporting and data warehousing solutions
• Proven experience troubleshooting and resolving database issues
• Performance tuning, indexing and optimization experience
• 2+ years of JavaScript experience, including concepts like asynchronous programming, closures, types, and ES6
• 2+ years of HTML/CSS experience, including concepts like layout, specificity, cross browser compatibility, and accessibility
• 2+ years of experience with browser APIs and optimizing front end performance
• Demonstrated experience driving change within an organization and leading complex technical projects
• Solid problem solving and time management skills
• Great interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly organized

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Relocation
Remote, Relocation is not required.

Company Description
KinaTrax develops a markerless motion capture system that analyzes the 3D movement of a baseball pitcher and hitter in-game. The system is installed in ballparks throughout the country, and is utilized by professional and collegiate baseball teams for the purposes of assessing and enhancing player performance and preventing injuries. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

Additional Information
Type: Full-time
Experience: Entry to Senior level
Industries: Markerless Motion Capture, Biomechanics, Baseball Analytics

To Apply
To apply, please follow: this link.

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Position: Baseball Projects Assistant

Department: Baseball Projects
Reports To: Director, Baseball Projects
Status: Exempt

Primary Objective:
Responsible for organizing information and processes across player development, player acquisition, in-game strategy, and other areas of the broader Baseball Operations group, with an emphasis on creating innovative tools and streamlining communications.

Essential Functions:

• Curate and deliver data-driven player plans across all levels of the organization, both in-season and during the offseason (Best Version of Yourself (BVY) player improvement manual initiative)
• Stimulate growth of Mariners scouting infrastructure including, but not limited to, Draft Portal innovations, Draft Room moderation and amateur player pool management
• Enhance advance scouting data pipelines, improve advance reporting user interface, and educate broader Baseball Operations staff on advance processes.
• Accelerate growth of High Performance department; including, but not limited to, designing report infrastructure, collaborating on Player Plan objectives, and researching new predictive tools
• Operationalize computer vision algorithms into a breadth of creative projects
• Spearhead roster management tools & player pool exercises; including, but not limited to the Offseason Survey, back of the roster exercises and pro scouting support tools
• Streamline processes via cloud computing/storage to improve computational efficiency on processes throughout the broader Baseball Operations group
• Design cross-departmental tools, websites and reports to bring analytical information to life
• Deliver educational materials to communicate quantitative information and strategy across the organization
• Field ad hoc requests from coaches, scouts and other staff about internal processes
• Contribute to player acquisition decisions in both formal and informal contexts
• Will perform other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, computer science, mathematics or any other STEM field related to data science required. Equivalent, relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of formal education with management approval.

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA’s):

• Proficiency handling large datasets in R, SQL, Python, and/or comparable languages
• Demonstrated initiative as a team-oriented leader
• Working knowledge of baseball analytics, strategy and trends
• Shiny application or other web development experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated, creative and innovative with a high degree of integrity and attention to detail
• Experience building predictive models preferred
• Basic Spanish proficiency preferred
• Shares and expresses thoughts in a clear and effective manner through verbal and written communication skills. Exhibits effective listening skills and builds positive relationships with all team members, vendors, and guests. Is diplomatic, tactful and professional in all forms of communication.
• Understands and supports the team and is quick to volunteer to assist others. Others view most interactions as being positive with a willingness to achieve common goals. Effective in working with others to cooperatively solve problems. Workplace behavior is consistently respectful of others.
• Takes personal responsibility for getting things done in a way that positively and professionally represents the organization
• Demonstrates through their actions and interactions with others a commitment to Mariner Purpose, Mission and Values
• Competent in required job skills and knowledge. Completes work assignments thoroughly and completely in an accurate, and prompt way. Identifies and corrects errors. Is careful, alert and accurate, paying attention to details of the job.

To Apply:
To apply, please follow this link.

Position: Baseball Projects Intern

Department: Baseball Projects
Reports To: Director, Baseball Projects
Status: Non-Exempt

Primary Objective:
Responsible for: Creating innovative tools and streamlining communications at the intersection of baseball analytics and baseball operations, delivering projects to support player development, player acquisition, in-game strategy and other projects.

Essential Functions:

• Design cross-departmental tools, websites and reports to bring analytical information to life
• Provide quantitative support to Player Plan, high performance, advance scouting and other player improvement processes
• Contribute to amateur and professional player acquisition decisions in both formal and informal context
• Field ad hoc requests from coaches, scouts and other staff about internal metrics and processes
• Complete other projects as assigned by Director, Baseball Projects
• Will perform other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, computer science, mathematics or any other STEM field related to data science preferred
• Equivalent, relevant work will be considered in lieu of formal education may be approved by management

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA’s):

• Proficiency handling large datasets in R, SQL, Python, and/or comparable languages required
• Demonstrated initiative as a team-oriented leader required.
• Working knowledge of baseball analytics, strategy and trend
• Shiny application or other web development experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated, creative and innovative with a high degree of integrity and attention to detail
• Experience building predictive models preferred
• Ability to communicate in Spanish preferred
• Shares and expresses thoughts in a clear and effective manner through verbal and written communication skills. Exhibits effective listening skills and builds positive relationships with all team members, vendors, and guests. Is diplomatic, tactful and professional in all forms of communication.
• Understands and supports the team and is quick to volunteer to assist others. Others view most interactions as being positive with a willingness to achieve common goals. Effective in working with others to cooperatively solve problems. Workplace behavior is consistently respectful of others.
• Takes personal responsibility for getting things done in a way that positively and professionally represents the organization
• Demonstrates through their actions and interactions with others a commitment to Mariner Purpose, Mission and Values
• Competent in required job skills and knowledge. Completes work assignments thoroughly and completely in an accurate, and prompt. Identifies and corrects errors. Is careful, alert and accurate, paying attention to details of the job.
• Makes decisions and takes actions that contribute to exceptional experiences for guests

Physical Activities and Working Conditions:

• Seattle-based and works out of T-Mobile Park. Remote opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis.

To Apply:
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