MLB Pitching Analytics Analyst — Research & Impact

Kansas City Royals; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Benefits

401K

PTO

Job summary

The Kansas City Royals are seeking a highly motivated Analyst, Major League Pitching - Research & Development to join the organization. Working under the Director of Research & Development, the analyst will be fully integrated into the Major League clubhouse to provide resources, answers, and ideas to the Major League Pitching group.

The successful candidate will combine analytical expertise and clear communication skills to translate baseball data into insights that give The Royals an edge when

Qualifications

• Record of published baseball research or portfolio of technical projects.
• Strong proficiency with SQL and R to query and analyze data from large data sets.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to interact with front office, analysts, coaches, players, and staff.
• Familiarity with modern pitching evaluation metrics.

Responsibilities

• Be a critical thinker to improve resources for pitching development and game planning strategies.
• Build reports to deliver digestible insights to coaches and players.
• Effectively communicate data with Major League coaches, staff, and players.
• Perform ad-hoc data analysis to answer questions that help inform pitching decisions.
• Maintain our processes and pipeline to deliver pitching reports and the related data daily.

Skills

SQL

R

Portfolio

Interpersonal communication

Education

4-year degree or equivalent in CS/Math/Stats or related quantitative field

Tools

HTML

CSS

Job description

The Kansas City Royals are seeking a highly motivated Analyst, Major League Pitching - Research & Development to join the organization. Working under the Director of Research & Development, the analyst will be fully integrated into the Major League clubhouse to provide resources, answers, and ideas to the Major League Pitching group.

The successful candidate will combine analytical expertise and clear communication skills to translate baseball data into insights that give The Royals an edge when