Episode #141
Episode 141: Joe Myers on Leading Baseball Performance Science with the Tampa Bay Rays
In this episode of Inside Athletic Training, we sit down with Joe Myers, Director of Baseball Performance Science for the Tampa Bay Rays and one of the most credentialed minds in the sports science space. Joe spent nearly 15 years as a professor and researcher at UNC before making the jump to professional baseball, and that academic foundation shapes everything about how he approaches performance, injury prevention, and player development in the Rays organization. We dig into what sports science actually means at the major league level, how Joe thinks about building a performance team that works alongside and in collaboration with athletic trainers rather than in parallel to them, and what innovation looks like inside one of the most analytically progressive organizations in the game. For more information about PBATS and athletic training, visit pbats.com .
