Player Development Affiliate Intern
Locations: Charlotte, NC – Birmingham, AL – Winston-Salem, NC – Kannapolis, NC – Glendale, AZ
Summary:
The Chicago White Sox are seeking multiple seasonal Player Development Affiliate Interns. This entry level opportunity will provide individuals with a wide range of experiences across professional baseball. These positions will report to the Minor League Video Coordinator, while supporting Minor League coaching staffs at affiliate locations throughout the season. There will also be opportunities to work on various baseball operations projects depending on skillset.
Program Details:
- The internship is an hourly, non-exempt position. Housing or a housing stipend will be provided.
- The position will take place at one of our 5 affiliate locations: Charlotte (AAA), Birmingham (AA), Winston-Salem (A+), Kannapolis (A), or Glendale (RK).
- All positions will start during Minor League Spring Training and end upon the conclusion of the Minor League season with the potential of extending into Instructional League.
- Candidates must be fully available for the duration of the internship (March 1 – September 30).
- Hours for this position may vary week to week; candidates must be available and prepared to work irregular hours, including nights, weekends and holidays.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Directly support players and coaching staff with all day-to-day video and information needs
- Film and chart each game and any early work requests
- Compile advanced scouting reports to be utilized prior to each series
- Manage the setup, operation and data management of all baseball technology
- Travel with the team on all road trips
- Aid in the execution of players development plans
- Complete independent projects as assigned by scouting/analytics/player development/front office staffs
Qualifications:
- Strong communication, organization skills, and eagerness to learn
- Strong knowledge pertaining to information technology including proficiency with all Microsoft Office software
- Knowledge of baseball technologies such as Hawkeye, Motion Capture, TrackMan, Edgertronic Cameras, Rapsodo, Blast Motion, etc. is strongly encouraged
- Must have a valid driver’s license and ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays
Additional Skills:
- Prior coaching/playing experience
- Advanced understanding of hitting/pitching biomechanics
- Ability to speak conversational Spanish a plus
- Video editing skills
- Prior baseball/performance related research. Use of SQL/R/Python languages.
To Apply:
- Please email PDJobs@chisox.com with the subject line “PD Affiliate Intern” and include your resume, a PDF of the application questions below and two references.
Application Questions – answer 5 of the 10 that best showcase your overall skillset (limit 250 words per question):
- What is your favorite defensive metric to use when evaluating a position player and why?
- How would an automated strike zone at the MLB level affect how catchers are valued?
- Identify one player the White Sox should look to acquire via trade or free agency this offseason. What would it take to acquire this player? Why do you recommend the White Sox target this player?
- In a hypothetical situation you are the Amateur Scouting Director of an MLB team. Your team has the first overall pick and the top two players available are a high school position player and a college pitcher. Both players project to have the same career WAR and neither has any known injury history. Assume both will sign for slot value. Which would you select and why? What other factors would you consider in making the selection?
- Who is one prospect outside MLB.com’s Top 100 that you believe is underrated? Provide a brief scouting report.
- Willy Adames and Luis Severino are impending free agents for the upcoming offseason. Project their next contracts (years/dollars) and support your answer.
- You’re a pitching coach preparing for a series against a new team. What are some of the key statistics/metrics on the opposing hitters that you would consider in compiling an Advance Scouting Report? Please support your answer.
- In terms of analytics and technology, where can MLB organizations look to gain a competitive edge in the coming years?
- In recent years, baseball has seen a move from more traditional marker-based motion capture systems (Motion Analysis, Qualisys, Vicon) to marker-less systems such as Hawkeye and KinaTrax. What are some of the pros and cons to each? If you were in charge of putting one motion capture system in a team’s Spring Training facility, which motion capture system (marker-less or marker-based) would you choose and why?
- Using the dataset in the link below, write a function to create the following measures of performance: Contact Rate, Exit Velocity, and OPS.
- Which player has the highest OPS/Contact%/EV?
- Which player has the lowest OPS/Contact%/EV?
- What is the correlation between Contact% and OPS? EV and OPS?
- How many players have an OPS above .800?
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