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Nick Bland

Nick Bland Baseball Operations, Player Development, Research & Development

I build the reports, data pipelines, and tools that put tracking data in the hands of front offices, development staffs, and players. Most recently, I was the Player Development Analytics Fellow for the Miami Marlins at their Dominican Academy, working in English and Spanish.

Miami Marlins · 2025
Player Development Analytics Fellow
Cressey Sports Performance · 2024-25
Offseason Professional Pitching Intern
Boston Red Sox, Triple-A · 2024
MiLB Video and Tech Associate
Orleans Firebirds, Cape Cod League · 2023
MLB Scout Liaison and Analytics Intern
Marlins DSL Returning Hitters: Org Improvement Rank, 2024 to 2025 Among 25 qualifying MLB organizations: number 1 in 95-plus exit velocity rate, number 2 in chase rate, number 4 in in-zone contact, number 13 in strikeout rate (down 3.2), and number 14 in walk rate (down 0.2). Marlins DSL Returning Hitters: Org Improvement Rank, 2024 → 2025 Vs. 25 qualifying MLB organizations · 252 returning DSL hitters 95+ EV% Chase% IZContact% K% BB% #1 #2 #4 #13 (−3.2) #14 (−0.2) Improvement rank among 25 qualifying MLB organizations Hitters with 50+ PA in both 2024 and 2025 · tracking-metric values withheld Marlins DSL Returning Hitters: Org Improvement Rank, 2024 to 2025 Among 25 qualifying MLB organizations: number 1 in 95-plus exit velocity rate, number 2 in chase rate, number 4 in in-zone contact, number 13 in strikeout rate (down 3.2), and number 14 in walk rate (down 0.2). Marlins DSL Returning Hitters: Org Improvement Rank, 2024 → 2025 Vs. 25 qualifying MLB organizations 252 returning DSL hitters 95+ EV% Chase% IZContact% K% BB% #1 #2 #4 #13 (−3.2) #14 (−0.2) Improvement rank among 25 qualifying MLB orgs Hitters with 50+ PA in both 2024 and 2025 Tracking-metric values withheld
Featured Case Study: DSL Returning Hitters Analysis Player Development · Miami Marlins · 2025 Read the Case Study

Baseball Operations, Research & Development Independent Project 2026

MLB Pitcher Outing Reports: R Shiny App

What did this pitcher actually do, outing by outing?

FanGraphs and Statcast tables, Stockyard pitch grades, splits, sequencing, movement plots, and heat maps.

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Player Development Miami Marlins, Dominican Summer League 2025

DSL Hitter Objective Analysis

How do you grade a development goal fairly when some goals are much harder than others?

Average goal difficulty 6.9 / 10. Graded A to F across three dimensions.

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What I Do

Baseball Operations

Advance scouting reports and catcher pitch-calling cards for game prep, plus scout liaison work with the Cape Cod League's Orleans Firebirds.

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Player Development

League-benchmarked evaluations, individualized hitter goals, and in-game Spanish-language analytics support for Marlins DSL players and coaches.

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Research & Development

SQL pipelines, R Shiny apps, and Statcast and TrackMan analysis, including a pitcher outing report app and the bullpen data and video tools I built at Cressey.

View the Outing Reports App