With the baseball season wrapping up soon, we are beginning our search for recent or upcoming graduates to join our Baseball Operations staff for 2019. I am writing to you again for your help in making your students aware of these opportunities. The two roles that we have open in 2019 are akin to fellowships and last 12 months. They are intended to prepare recent graduates for a career in Baseball Operations.
Here are the specifics on the roles we are looking to fill for the coming year:
§ Associate, Quantitative Analysis: This position will give students hands-on experience with quantitative projects related to player evaluation, player development, and/or in-game strategy. For this role, we are looking for students with strong quantitative reasoning, familiarity with statistical programming, and a passion for baseball.
§ Associate, Baseball Operations: This position will give students hands-on experience with various important baseball operations tasks, including advance scouting, data collection and entry, and video charting. For this role, we are looking for candidates who are highly detail-oriented and have solid working knowledge of current baseball players, rules, and strategies.
We often get questions about which position students should apply to. The main difference between the roles is that the Quantitative Analysis position is almost solely dedicated to statistical analysis to inform baseball operations decisions. The Baseball Operations position involves less of the quantitative side (although statistical projects will come up) and deals more with assisting the advance scouting process, charting games from video, and general baseball operations administration.
A few important logistical details:
§ Given that this is a 12-month role, we are only looking for students who graduate in or before Summer 2019.
§ Applications are rolling and we get a large volume of applications, so we encourage students to apply as soon as possible.
§ We only take applications via the links above. We will not review resumes or take applications anywhere else.
If possible, could you please forward this information to any students or recent alumni who would potentially be qualified and interested? If they have any specific questions, they can feel free to reach out to me directly (tfeder@yankees.com).
