The PBSCCS Podcast

Rob is entering his 6th season as a Strength & Conditioning Coach with the Miami Marlins Organization having started in 2012 with the Marlins Advanced A Team in Jupiter, Florida. He has worked with the GCL affiliate, AA affiliate, as well as spent time with the AAA affiliate throughout his time within the organization. Prior to Rob’s employment with the Marlins, he interned and graduated from the University of Louisiana - Lafayette where he studied Kinesiology focused in Exercise Science. Rob has also interned at Tulane University and at the University of New Orleans. Rob is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and holds the CSCS, RSCC, USAW and TRX certifications. In 2016, Rob spent the winter in Regensburg, Germany working with the Buchbinder Legionäre Baseball team through the MLB International Program. In the offseason, he spends his time in his home town of New Orleans, Louisiana, training clients and some local athletes in the area.

Mike Roose begins his 2nd season as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Boston Red Sox. He spent 4 season as the Red Sox Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator after serving as a strength and conditioning coach with Triple-A Pawtucket in 2010 and 2011. He started with the Red Sox organization in 2009 as an intern with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox and graduated from Florida State University with a B.S. in Exercise Science that same year. Before attending Florida State, he operated in 4 combat tours throughout Iraq and Afghanistan with the United States Air Force. In 2013, Mike completed his M.S. in Kinesiology from Georgia Southern University.

Kiyoshi Momose begins his 2nd season as Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Boston Red Sox after 15 years (2001-15) in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in a variety of roles, most recently as Strength and Conditioning Specialist at the major league level. In addition to working with the big league club, Momose also oversaw the Pirates’ strength and conditioning program at their academy in the Dominican Republic. A native of Nagano, Japan, Momose earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Nippon College of Physical Education and his master’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of Central Florida. Momose, who is fluent in Japanese, English, and Spanish, served as strength and conditioning coach for the team of MLB stars manager by Red Sox skipper John Farrell that played in the Japan All-Star Series in November 2014. Momose began his baseball career as an intern in the Tampa Bay Rays minor league system.

Frank is a '93 Graduate from the University of Michigan (B.S. Kinesiology). Frank worked in the outpatient physical therapy setting as an ATC during the '93-'96 years. Frank started his career in professional baseball in 1996 working for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club. First 4 years ('96,'97,'98,'99) as a minor league ATC and his final 3 years with the Rangers as their Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator ('00,'01,'02). In 2003 Frank was named the Major League Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball club where he held the position for the next 9 years (2011). In 2008 Frank was part of the “Professional Baseball Sports Medicine” staff of the year as named by Baseball Prospectus magazine. In 2012 Frank opened VESLA 360 Sports Performance & Physical Therapy. A state of the art sports performance training center in the north suburbs of Pittsburgh PA. Frank co-owned VESLA 360 for 4.5 years before selling his shares and joining the Allegheny Health Network as their Director of Sports Performance. Frank is in charge of developing the sports performance department for AHN. Managing two facilities (Wexford, PA and Bethel Park, PA) that have Physical Therapy, Strength Training and Conditioning, Therapeutic Massage, Sports Nutrition, Recovery services and a Baseball/Softball Academy. Frank was the Strength and Conditioning Coach for gold medal winning TEAM USA in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Frank also acts as a Senior Advisor for the Professional Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society helping to coordinator the educational component of the baseball winter meetings. Frank is married and lives with his wife and two sons in Pittsburgh, PA.