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Position: Baseball Research Analyst – Full-time
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Description:
The Boras Corporation has an immediate opening for a creative, well-organized team player with a genuine interest in a career in baseball. You will be working in an office-based setting with others responsible for handling a variety of research, statistical and analytical needs. The ideal candidate will have personal experience in a team-sports environment combined with ability to present complex information in a visual presentation.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university (or sufficient relevant experience)
- Prior baseball or team sports experience
- Proficient in Keynote presentations, visual graphics, and Microsoft Excel
- Outstanding communication, analytical, and organizational skills
- Able to operate under short deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Additional Qualifications:
- Fluent in Spanish (written and verbal)
To Apply:
Please send an email with the subject “Open BC Position” to borascorpcandidate@gmail.com by July 15, 2021.
The body of the email should contain the following, in this order:
- Your resume.
- In addition to the traditional resume information, please be sure to include any details about athletic experience and your ability to communicate in Spanish.
- Your full contact information.
- Personal and professional references
- How you obtained this listing.
- Your minimum annual salary requirement (needs to be a specific dollar figure).
Emails that do not contain all of this information will not be considered. Please do not send cover letters or attachments.
Great site Tim, always will go to ur boards for 1st rate info, just like have since u 1st started all those years ago, but doing the foot work for Boras (of all people) here with a stand alone article for him soliciting and employee? That my friend kind of sticks in my craw a little.
Does it also stick in your craw if this gives someone an opportunity they may have otherwise missed if they are not as connected as others in the baseball world?
No.
I’d challenge you to examine exactly what it is that you have against Scott Boras.
He’s an aggressive business man who tries to get his clients the biggest contracts he can… As he is obligated to do… He’s forged some relationships with owners which shows adept skill in his capacity.
What would you have him do instead? Suck at his job?
People love to hate on those that are successful. It’s the mark of a true loser though.
Boras hate is one of the funniest things in baseball. I’m assuming it’s due to his ability to secure large contracts for his clients? Is it better for that money to stay with the billionaires lol?
I’ll accept that challenge.
Boras knowingly makes untrue statements and engages in economically disingenuous arguments, knowing that the majority of fans will believe his take because most of them also have an adversarial stance towards ownership and their spending.
There are plenty of agents who are also aggressive business men who try to get their clients the biggest contracts they can. Rarely, if ever, do people express dismay or disapproval of those agents, even though they are also successful.
Fun game: let’s figure out which MLB owner this guy is…
I believe Boras is often more right than wrong in criticizing teams and the system. I also think his viewpoints are reflective of how some players feel and it’s evident by his agency’s ever-expanding clientele base. It’s business and sometimes intense negotiations gets ugly. And you rightfully don’t have to like his style.
I agree with josh. Telling your clients to hold out for the most money possible. But Boras has engaged in dishonest and in some cases illegal activity multiple times. Like he would provide fake documents indicating that a foreign player he was representing was old enough to sign and then after they had signed he would come up with the real documents indicating that that player wasn’t old enough and have them declared free agents, getting to keep the money they received from the first team and being able to sign elsewhere free of bonus pool restrictions. Then he tried this against the Dodgers but they provided proof that he had shown them documents indicating the player was of age so they didn’t get penalized but the players union went to bat for Boras and he got off with a slap on the wrist (frankly should have been banned for that). Or the time he filed a frivolous grievance against the Braves claiming that they didn’t offer Carter Stewart 40% of slot value even though they did and he knew it.
In my experience, while many fans love to hate the ownership of their favorite teams, they tend to favor ownership in general over “greedy” players who should just be happy to be able to make a living “playing a game” that the bloviating fan would play for a tiny fraction of the salary demanded by greedy players and their demonic agents.
JimTGoat.. It’s activity such as this is why am personally against the man and his “corporation”. He uses lies and slander to advance an agenda, which is use any means, including fakery to get what he wants.
Isn’t there some code of ethics for a lawyer, which is what he is supposed to be at heart? Where in that code of ethics is there using lies and forging of documents to advance an agenda? Isn’t that worthy of being disbarred? Or is being a so called “agent” for ball players, set against “evil” owners make him some kind of knight in shining armor in the eyes of the blind?
@jimthegoat
That was a goat response right there, enjoyed the read.
You scratch my back, I scratch yours. Maybe Mr. Dierkes can earn himself more first dibs to insider info for writing a rumor piece which we readers salivate over. Really odd take that you think Boras is bad for baseball. He’s also creating more jobs. Industry circles are actually smaller than you think.
As a job developer, this is a great way for someone to get their foot in the door. There are so many opportunities here that can blossom into a new career in baseball, MLB, analytics and statistics.
Say what you want about Borus, he’s very, very good at his job and anyone would be lucky to have his or her last name on their resume.
Thanks for posting this.
Very true. Connections in the sports industry are very very important. Having Scott Boars as a connection will open a whole lot of doors.
I think MLB teams shouldn’t have owners and each player on the 25 man roster should own 4% of the team. Am I hired?
I’m so upset with Boras that if I was a MLB player, he’d be the FIRST person I called.
“Your minimum annual salary requirement (needs to be a specific dollar figure).”
Gonna need at least $300 million over 12 years. With an opt out after 3 years.
And No discussion of an extension during the season!
Ok first of all I think it’s cool to post these job openings on here. It’s fun I enjoy reading them.
Now that that’s out of the way I think it’s pretty lame to ask the possible employee to post their salary requirements. This guy is rich. He knows what a fair rate of pay is far more than the employee does. That’s lame.
I would not want to hire anyone who can’t do the basic research to know what is and what isn’t a competitive salary for the position they are applying for.
That “research” is usually incredibly subjective. For example, in my industry, you won’t see much commonality in salary.
I manage a grocery store and we have stores within miles of each other. I can tell you, full stop, that a manager at my location, with similar experience and circumstances, can make anywhere from 10-15K more or less than I do, just based on what store they may be in.
So if I make 15K more in my store than another, and I go to interview at that store, I’m gonna look like the greediest person ever, because I may be asking for more than my boss, potentially. And there’s little to no way of knowing.
Call me cynical, but this is a tactic used by shrewd businessmen to get money left on the table. A job that is willing to pay 150K annually is hoping the guy will ask for 125K, lest he come across as “greedy”. And of course you’ll take that ask as the owner.
That’s when you decide to stay with or leave your current employer bc you’re being undervalued or have acquired the skills to be over-qualified for the position in the new store.
Legitimate question: what value would you answer for that question?
Guess…..70-90k
$60K. Seems like an mid-entry level position and baseball jobs like these don’t pay that much as it’s a buyer’s market.
Probably 3 grand a month for a 1-bedroom apartment in Newport Beach. Gotta think that job pays a bit more than $60k.
$60k in Newport Beach? I would say $80-100k+ easily. NB is one of the most expensive places to live in the US. You’re probably looking at $30k/year for a 1BR apartment alone.
Why assume that the employee would have to live in Newport Beach? Santa Ana, Anaheim, Fullerton, etc would be more affordable.
It’s not easy to do that research, though, for a variety of reasons.
-Location: if you’re unfamiliar with California prices (or specifically Newport Beach), you can be way, way off in assuming how much you’d need.
-Compensation as a function of experience
-People in general are typically reluctant to discuss their pay, so it’s difficult to get an idea of industry standard
-Caliber of the company you’re applying to: can fluctuate the price dramatically; some companies prioritize healthy compensation, others prioritize the bottom line more
-Believing what you research, especially stuff you find on the internet
-Hours/benefits are not mentioned in this listing at all: are there health benefits? are they good? would I be working 60 hours? 40? Is it salaried or hourly? If the former, is the minimum requirement 40 hours with the expectation of 60+?
and so on.
Companies that ask for specific compensation requirements, to me, smack of trying to just find the lowest bidder that still meets their requirements. If you want to talk dollars right up front like that, the hiring company should give a ballpark (heh) figure up front. They’re the ones who need employees. I personally would never apply to a listing like this.
I don’t think Boras knows as much as the employee does how much the employee needs to be able to live on.
Joel Peterson,
Employers have been asking about salary requirements forever. That question drove me crazy during job interviews. But I learned it’s a fair question and also smart. As Steve Nebraska stated, an applicant needs to have done enough research to know what this research position (or any position) might pay. It also gives the employer an indication of how applicants value themselves. If someone is willing to work for the bottom dollar, that’s probably not a person who’ll bring much value to your company. It can be useful to an employer during an interview. “You think your services are worth this much. Now tell me why.”
Boris is not liked for being so good at what he does.
Because he is not Badenov?
He represents Moose (Mike Moustakas) but sadly not Squirrel (Jeff McNeil).
I laughed unnecessarily hard at this…
Hubcap, at my weak attempt at humor or the thought of someone researching Boras clients for the sake of a Badenov joke?
Take that back…
Wasnt weak — moreso to label it an “attempt”(!!)
mlbtr comments could use more humor.. Cheers!
Samer
Only apply if you watched the Terminator movies and it made you want to work at Cyberdyne Systems.
Really….This is actually on MLB Rumors…how much did Borass pay you to put this garbage up????
They’ve posted other Baseball job openings before. Boras Corp will find a qualified person to fill the position either way. They don’t need to pay MLBTR to share it out. All this does is give someone a chance to land an opportunity they might not have known about if MLBTR didn’t post this.
Just because you’re not both interested and qualified doesn’t mean no one here is.
With all due respect, posting this position on this site will only get responses from applicants that Boras likely won’t want anyway. Like him or not, he’s one of the best at his position. He gets most of his clients a top end contract.and I’m absolutely certain that he would want to hire someone who is already aware of, and in contact with, all of the top agents. The best agencies hire the best, most motivated people. Not fans of a rumor website.
Unless, of course, this position isn’t one that is coveted. In which case, hang some hand written signs on the local high school bulletin board. You won’t have to even ask what the applicant expects to earn.
Boras, love him or despise him, is at the worst among the very best (from his clients’ point of view) and notorious agents in the world of sports. You don’t get to be good by assuming you won’t find good people using a certain methodology.
Would Boras fill the position without MLBTR? Of course. Might he find a gem here? Who knows. That’s why you try. Might somebody who would NOT have had a chance before have a chance now? Hopefully yes.
Who lost anything here?
If that was true, they wouldn’t ask me to post their job listings.
I am sure MLBTR has been compensated or at least should have been. It’s just good business.
Hey everyone,
This is a site for baseball lovers, including some who are looking to get into the industry as a profession. I think it’s great Tim decided to post this; it brings attention to this opportunity in a public forum that should have many interested candidates. If you don’t like the title of the story, don’t read it! If I were a little younger and lived on the west coast, I’d be all over this. This is a great opportunity for someone; I hope it gets filled by an MLBTR reader. That would be fantastic!
people on the internet just suck as a whole. the sheer inability to scroll past an article you dont care about is absurd. this article doesnt apply to me, but its cool for Tim to do this for sure.
And kudos for the sentiment! In my very humble estimation, the “it’s not good for me, therefore it’s not good for ANYONE” sentiment has crept too deeply into too many parts of our lives.
Thanks for a touch of reason and sanity.
Having known two insiders there, this is a wonderful posting for someone qualified who otherwise would not have known of the opening. BTW, winning candidates would already be falling all over themselves based on word-of-mouth only, so lighten up on the attacks. This was a favor, really, for both sides.
We all know the world is made up of all kinds, including those who inexplicably bash this post. Or hilariously hack loogies into an orphan’s eye.
I literally meet zero of the minimum requirements.
Worse, your one-sentence post needlessly uses the word “literally.”
See? I’m not even qualified to post here. Not one bit. Literally
Borass has to go through mlbtraderumors to get a qualified candidate?
There goes the neighborhood .
borascorpcandidate@gmail.com…. seems legit