Join us for some day baseball as Jay Jaffe, Jason Martinez, and I hang out live on Twitch while watching the Dodgers take on the Pirates at 12:30 ET/9:30 PT. The matchup is MLB’s Game of the Week Live on YouTube, so everyone can tune in alongside while we chat on our Twitch channel and the FanGraphs homepage.

Dodgers lefty Julio Urías draws the start for LA, and you can bet that his middling bunting skills will come up. On the other side, Mitch Keller is looking to get his year back on track. What’s troubling the talented righty? You can bet we will puzzle over that, too, in addition to discussing the Dodgers, Pirates, and the general state of the league. Read the rest of this entry »

Our Membership prices are increasing tomorrow, making this the very last day to be grandfathered into our existing Membership prices, which as I noted when I announced our spring Membership Drive, will remain the same until at least 2023:

We’re going to raise our prices from $50 to $60 for Ad Free Membership, from $20 to $25 for yearly Membership, and from $3 to $5 for monthly Membership. Please note: If you are an existing Member and maintain your Membership, your pricing will not change until at least 2023. If you subscribe at the current price before tomorrow, you’ll be grandfathered in until at least 2023.

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Please note, this posting contains three positions.

Position: Data Engineer, Baseball Operations

Location: The Bronx, New York

Description:
The New York Yankees Baseball Operations department is accepting applications for an experienced data engineer with a focus on data quality analysis. This position reports to their senior Baseball Operations executives and will assist in the development and maintenance of the Yankees’ data processing pipelines. This position is based in Bronx, NY.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Prepare, clean, format analytical datasets for processing by data scientists
• Become an expert in the Yankees’ datasets, their strengths and weaknesses and write code to pull and verify data in response to data scientist requests
• Using R, visualize complex, multi-source data to pinpoint data quality issues
• Build automated pipelines for processing and cleaning data
• Conduct database feature engineering to support ongoing quantitative research
• Work with developers to create and deploy systems for anomaly detection
• Interface with data scientists, software developers, and other baseball operations staff as needed
• Design department-wide principles and workflow for data quality management
• Serve as the main point-of-contact for questions about data structures, definitions, and quality

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Position: Arizona League Hitting Coach

Reports To: Hitting Coordinator
Department: Player Development
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Re-Location: Yes

About the Team:

You will be a part of the cutting edge Player Development system of the San Francisco Giants and lead their Arizona based players through their offensive skill development. You will enjoy being part of an iconic franchise in the Sports world and get to experience a company that believes in small teams for maximum impact; that strives to balance work and home life, that understands that this is a marathon, not a sprint; that continuously and purposefully builds an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be the best version of themselves. Read the rest of this entry »

Because there are so few minor league baseball games on Mondays this year, you’ll see me play with the format of the Tuesday Daily Prospect Notes. For today, I’ve made a change to the Seasonal tab over on The Board. Now there is a page where those of you who are watching the Americas Qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics can see which young prospects are rostered for the event. Day One of the Qualifier was yesterday when the site was dark for Memorial Day. You can find recaps of yesterday’s action on the WBSC website along with each country’s full roster.

This qualifier was originally supposed to take place in Arizona during March of 2020 but the pandemic reached our shores and it was postponed. It’s now being played on the east coast of Florida, in St. Lucie and Palm Beach. Two four-team pods (Group A is the US, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic; Group B is Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, and Canada) play a round robin tournament, with the two top seeds from each pod advancing to face the top two seeds in the other. The country with the best record at the end advances to the Olympics while the second and third place teams face each other for the final qualifying spot.

In addition to the prospects I’ve added to the Seasonal tab, there are several recent big leaguers (David Robertson, Melky Cabrera, Robinson Chirinos, etc.) playing in the Qualifier who most readers will know, along with lots of draft picks and signees from years ago who are no longer “prospects” but will be familiar to those long-immersed in prospect stuff (Jesmuel Valentín, Ryan Kellogg, Noel Cuevas, etc.). Mariners outfielder Julio Rodríguez is the top prospect in the entire tournament; there are four more Top 100 prospects and another half-dozen who project as good big league role players. I also have brief scouting reports on several of the Cuban players, mostly pitchers who have had good careers in Japan and who might factor in big league free agency over the next couple of years as they age out of the bonus limitations put forth by MLB.

Our Membership prices are increasing next week, making this is the last week to be grandfathered into our existing Membership prices, which as I noted when I announced our spring Membership Drive, will remain the same until at least 2023:

Starting June 1, we’re going to raise our prices from $50 to $60 for Ad Free Membership, from $20 to $25 for yearly Membership, and from $3 to $5 for monthly Membership. Please note: If you are an existing Member and maintain your Membership, your pricing will not change until at least 2023. Likewise, if you subscribe between now and June 1, you’ll be grandfathered in until at least 2023, just like our existing Members. This change will only go into effect starting on June 1 for new Members.

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Position: Player Development, Data Apprentice

The Texas Rangers are seeking one apprentice in Player Development for the summer of 2021. The Apprentice will work full-time in Surprise, AZ at the Rangers Spring Training facility. Apprentices will operate as an extension of the coaching staff and be a resource for both players and coaches. Apprentices are expected to manage the collection and application of data and technology. Apprentices will gain experience across multiple areas of Baseball Operations.

Job Responsibilities
Technology Operation:

• Set up and operate bat/ball tracking technology and baseball technology
• Assist with high frame rate video captures of hitters and pitchers
• Manage data and collection process and assist with interpretation and upload

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Please note, this posting contains two positions.

Position: Baseball Analytics Trainee

Department: Baseball Operations
Reports To: Director of Baseball Analytics
Job Purpose: Assist the Baseball Analytics department’s research and development efforts within new and existing applications. While the role will primarily be focused on analytics, there will be opportunities to gain general Baseball Operations experiences as well. Read the rest of this entry »

This posting is now closed.

Position: 2021 Cape Cod Baseball League Trackman Operator

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 the majority of teams in Japan and Korea, as well as top NCAA D1 programs.

TrackMan and the Cape Cod League are seeking highly motivated and detail-oriented candidates to operate the TrackMan System 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 June 15th – August 10th, with the season opener June 20th. Read the rest of this entry »

For the past two offseasons, our Offseason Transaction Tracker has been active, allowing readers to easily keep up with each team’s additions and subtractions leading up to Opening Day, as well as the free agent market and arbitration decisions. We’ve now added a Regular Season Transaction Tracker to help you keep up with all of the roster changes that take place on a daily basis, as well as expected future moves.

The link to the tracker can be found in the RosterResource drop-down menu under “In-Season Tools” and in the group of tabs at the top of any RosterResource page.

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