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JOe BeNge
MINOR LEAGUE MEDICAL COORDINATOR
Joe, 34, enTers his second
season in the Rays organization
and first as the minor
league medical coordinator…spent
last season as
the Durham trainer after
spending the previous 10 years with the Orioles
organization…made stops at Bowie (2007-10),
Delmarva (2004-06), Aberdeen (2002-03) and
the Bluefield Orioles (2001)…prior to joining the
JOeL sMITh
REHABILITATION & ATHLETIC TRAINING COORDINATOR
Joel enTers his ninth season
with the Rays and his fourth
in his current role. He spent
the previous four years as a
trainer at various Rays affiliates:
Montgomery in 2008,
Class-A Vero Beach in 2007 and Short-A Hudson
Valley in 2005-06. In 2003, Joel interned with the
TRUNg CaO
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR
Trung enTers his seventh
season as the Rays minor
league strength and conditioning
coordinator. T.C.
previously worked in the
Chicago White Sox organi-
TIM McKeChNey
MINOR LEAGUE EQUIPMENT MANAGER
Tim Begins his 17th year
with the Tampa Bay organization,
10th as minor league
equipment manager. He
oversees the Charlotte Sports
Park complex year-round,
maintains the clubhouse for minor league spring
training, assists during major league spring training
and orders all equipment for the Rays minor
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Orioles, served as the athletic training intern for
the Class-A Lowell Spinners in the Red Sox organization
in 2000…interned with the Orioles major
league training staff in the summer of 1999…
is a member of the National Athletic Trainers
Association…graduated from Loyola College with
a BS in Biology in 1999 and received his masters
degree in kinesiology from Fresno Pacific
University in 2010…resides in Bradenton with his
wife, Samantha, and their daughter, Isla (1).
Rays in minor league spring training and with the
Tampa Yankees during the season. He graduated
from the University of South Florida in 2003 with
a degree in athletic training and worked with the
football, basketball, baseball and men’s soccer
teams. Joel and his wife, Sara, reside in Sarasota
with their daughter, Emma Jean.
zation for 11 seasons. He is a Certified Strength
and Conditioning Specialist Registered (CSCS
*R) and member of the National Strength and
Conditioning Association. Trung and his wife,
Helene, reside in Bradenton with their two sons,
Ethan (3) and Eli (2).
league affiliates. He previously served as the
assistant minor league equipment manager from
2000-03 and as a batboy from 1996-99, when he
worked the organization’s first-ever game. Tim began
his career as a batboy for the St. Petersburg
Cardinals (1993-96). The Northeast High School
graduate resides in North Port, Fla., with his wife,
Brooke, their son, Jayce (3), daughter, Shae (1), and
two dogs.
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