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Dodger Blue > Rumors > Dodgers Rumors: Athletic Trainer Ron Porterfield Hired Away From Rays
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Dodgers Rumors: Athletic Trainer Ron Porterfield Hired Away From Rays

Matthew Moreno
November 3, 2017
2 Min Read
Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports
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Since leaving his post as Tampa Bay Rays general manager to join the Los Angeles Dodgers, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman has regularly maintained connection to and ties with his former organization.

Friedman’s first transaction with the Dodgers was to trade Jose Dominguez and Greg Harris to the Rays in exchange for Adam Liberatore and Joel Peralta. He’s since acquired Logan Forsythe from Tampa Bay, and the Dodgers have been regularly connected to ace Chris Archer.

Now it appears the head of the Dodgers baseball division has plucked esteemed athletic trainer Ron Porterfield from the Rays.

According to Marc Tompkin of the Tampa Bay Times, Porterfield is joining the Dodgers organization in a position that will be based out of their Camelback Ranch facility:

Porterfield will serve as medical director with the Dodgers, working under former Rays baseball operations chief Andrew Friedman, to provide leadership, oversight and direction to their staff while based at the team’s Arizona facility.

“It wan an extremely difficult decision,” Porterfield said Friday. “I want to make clear how much the Rays organization means to me, and the people from the top to the bottom. They made me want to go to work. It’s been my home for 21 years.”

Of his 21 seasons spent with the Rays, Porterfield was the club’s head athletic trainer for the last 12. He joined the franchise in 1996 as a Minor League coordinator.

Prior to joining Tampa Bay, he spent nine seasons in the Houston Astros organization. In 2009, Porterfield and his Rays staff were named Major League Medical Staff of the Year by the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society. In 2013, he was selected to work the MLB All-Star Game.

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ByMatthew Moreno
Matthew Moreno is a journalist from Whittier, Calif., who is a credentialed reporter and is currently the Executive Editor of DodgerBlue.com and LakersNation.com. In addition to covering Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angels Lakers, Matthew has a strong passion for keeping up to date with the sneakerhead culture. It began with Michael Jordan and Air Jordan shoes, and has carried over to Kobe Bryant's signature line with Nike. Matthew previously was the lead editor and digital strategist at Dodgers Nation, and the co-editor and lead writer at Reign of Troy, where he covered USC Trojans Football. Matthew graduated from California State Long Beach University with a major in journalism and minor in communications. Contact: matt@mediumlargela.com
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