FanGraphs Members (both regular and Ad-Free) are now able to toggle between different color themes for the website, allowing us to introduce an official dark mode for the first time!

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Position: Synergy Sports Cape Cod Video Scout

Location: Cape Cod, MA

Description: Synergy Sports is seeking qualified candidates to work as Video Scouts for the 2021 Cape Cod Baseball League season – the premier collegiate summer wood-bat league in the United States. Synergy Sports provides world-class video and analytics for baseball globally at all professional, collegiate, and amateur levels. Synergy Sports is the exclusive video provider of the CCBL to major league clubs. Cape Cod Video Scouts will track rosters, capture live multi-angle video footage from every game of the CCBL season, and upload video/data to the Synergy platform for client use. The position runs from June 12, 2021 to August 14, 2021 and will include hourly compensation.

Responsibilities:

• Manage game day video and technology equipment for data capture.
• Serve as Synergy liaison for Cape Cod teams.
• Track and update rosters and player information.
• Verify data accuracy and video quality.
• Provide daily updates to staff and content partners.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of and strong interest in baseball operations, amateur scouting, or player development.
• Proficiency with computers (Windows, Mac).
• Experience with video equipment, including cameras, SD cards, tripods, and clamps is preferred.
• Experience with Minor League or College baseball teams is a plus.
• Strong work ethic, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Must have access to reliable transportation and housing on the Cape.

To Apply:
Please follow this link to apply.

The content in this posting was created and provided solely by Synergy Sports.

The new FanGraphs Mug is still available for pre-order!

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Please note that this posting contains two positions.

Coordinator, Sports Science

Department: Baseball Operations
Reports to: Manager, Athlete Care, with a dotted line reporting to Sr. Director, Analytics
Directly Supervises: Sports Science Analyst

Primary Objective:
Responsible for the oversight, development and management of sports science programs and information, with the objective of designing evidence-based programs to support efforts to maximize player health and performance.

Essential Functions:

• Evaluate, design, and implement sports science programming for the organization.
• Collaborate and work closely with High Performance staff on athlete management and data collection protocols.
• Coordinate the collection, tracking and storage of all sport science information.
• Collaborate with Baseball Operations Analytics Department to track measurements and create models, as appropriate.
• Design and distribute actionable reports for use by players, coaches, and staff.
• Search for and vet all new technologies which might improve current sports science programming.
• Assist the Player Plan process by creating customized, individual suggestions for each of the Major League and Minor League players.
• Provide strong people leadership; implement strategies to effectively manage Team Members and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of department’s people resources.
• Train, evaluate performance, and foster growth and development of full time staff and Team Members, encouraging personal and professional development.
• Develop and implement department rules, policies, regulations, work methods and procedures as well as monitoring work activities and performance of department personnel.
• Will perform other duties as assigned.

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Position: Data Engineer, Baseball Systems

Position Overview:
The Data Engineer, Baseball Systems position will be a member of the baseball operations software development team, and is responsible for integrating, collecting, processing, and storing many sources of baseball data, as well as designing and building new data solutions. This position must be comfortable with on-premises and cloud solutions, and take the initiative to explore new optimizations and cutting-edge data technologies. This individual will work closely with the team’s data architect, analysts, developers, and other members of baseball operations.

Responsibilities:

• Build leading-edge baseball solutions together with the software development team, analysts, and others on new and existing baseball systems
• Build and maintain integration pipelines, often via an API or file-based, while also identifying areas of improvement and spending time to re-architect when required. Build and maintain infrastructure to optimize extraction, transformation, and the loading of data from various sources
• Design, build, and maintain data warehousing solutions for the software development and analytics teams. Build and maintain tools for the analysts to enable more efficient and extensive data modeling and simulation efforts
• Participate in key phases of the software development process of critical baseball applications, including requirements gathering, analysis, effort estimation, technical investigation, software design and implementation, testing, bug fixing, and quality assurance
• Actively participate with software developers and data architects in design reviews, code reviews, and other best practices

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Major League Baseball’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is proud to sponsor a select group of qualifying students to attend the 10th Annual SABR Analytics Conference (Society for American Baseball Research), to be held virtually March 11-14, 2021. The SABR Virtual Analytics Conference is a four-day event featuring guest speakers, panels, and presentations on the impact of analytics on the game of baseball and features the Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Students will also have an opportunity to participate in skill development sessions and networking opportunities with current MLB and Club employees.

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is seeking qualified candidates from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds interested in careers in baseball operations such as Salary Arbitration and Economics, Research & Development, Scouting and Player Development.

• Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to participate
• Individuals with studies in business, computer science, statistics and economics are strongly encouraged to apply

To Apply:
Prospective candidates must submit the following materials to receive full consideration:

• Current resume
• Personal essay (500 words or less)

The application can be found here. Space is limited. The application deadline is Monday, February 22, 2021.

The content in this posting was created and provided solely by Major League Baseball’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Over the last two days, the Reds have made a couple of small trades — acquiring Hector Perez from Toronto for a PTBNL or cash and Cionel Pérez from Houston for former South Carolina catcher Luke Berryhill — to bolster their bullpen depth. These are the latest in a series of transactions that are part of an obvious effort to pick up change of scenery candidates (Jeff Hoffman, the Perez(s), Art Warren), or players falling off the bottom of other rosters (Edgar Ernesto Garcia, Brandon Bailey) to try to create an above-replacement injury/COVID safety valve at the bottom of Cincinnati’s active roster and in the upper minors. This might prove especially important if the team’s 2021 innings are spread across more pitchers to prevent huge workload increases after the shortened season. Read the rest of this entry »

Position: Advance Information Coordinator

Location: Boston, MA; Travel is required with the Major League team

Description:
The Boston Red Sox are seeking an Assistant to support the Major League coaching staff while working closely with the Major League Hitting Coach and baserunning coach, Analyst in Baseball Analytics, and their Advance Information department.

This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, intellectually curious environment and to potentially impact player performance and on-field strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Effectively present analyses through the use of written reports and data visualization to disseminate insights to members of the Major League coaching staff.
• Travel with the Major League team throughout the season, including to Boston’s spring training facility. During the offseason this position will be based in Boston working with Baseball Analytics.
• Other projects and related duties as directed by the Major League Hitting Coach, Analyst in Baseball Analytics, and other members of Baseball Operations leadership.

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Position: Player Valuation Analyst

Reports To: Assistant Director, Professional Player Valuation
Department: Professional Player Valuation

The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently seeking a full-time Analyst to join their Professional Player Valuation team. The Professional Player Valuation team is responsible for producing internal valuations of players and for communicating the insights from their research to others within Baseball Operations. This role will provide candidates with opportunities for growth and the ability to learn from others throughout the organization. In this role, you will have the ability to influence roster construction and to see the impact of your work on the field. Read the rest of this entry »

Ben Clemens is prepared to change history.

Using the magic Out of the Park Baseball 21, Ben has gone back in time to alter the destiny of the Pittsburgh Pirates, starting with giving them Mike Trout in the 2009 draft.

It is now 2013. Pittsburgh’s 21-year-old Trout is the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, playing in left field next to Andrew McCutchen, who is in his contract year. James McDonald is the staff ace. Charlie Blackmon was acquired to play right. And after finishing their 20th straight losing season, the Pirates have another young star ready to help get them over the top.

“Get ready, NL Central,” said manager and omnipotent time-god Ben Clemens. “We might have lost 95 games last year, but we drafted Kris Bryant, who is skipping the minors to start at third on Opening Day.”

Bring your coffee or lunch and join us on Tuesday, January 12, at 9:30 AM PT/12:30 PM ET on the FanGraphs homepage or on Twitch as Ben attempts to go back to bring a championship to the simulated Bucs.

We hope you can make it!