Mike Frostad
Mike Frostad, 51, enters his third season with the Los Angeles Angels as the Director of Sports Medicine and Head Athletic Trainer after spending four seasons as the assistant athletic trainer with the Atlanta Braves. This is Mike’s 13th Major League season, and 29th season overall in professional baseball. He spent 22 seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, 6 of them as the Major League assistant athletic trainer. A Calgary native, Mike earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Calgary and a Master of Health Science from the University of St. Augustine. He and is certified by the NATA in the U.S. and the CATA in Canada. He started his baseball career in 1996 with the St. Catharines Stompers (Short A) and made stops along the way in Medicine Hat Alberta, Hagerstown Maryland, and Dunedin Florida. Mike was named to the position of Minor League Medical Coordinator in 2005, a position he held until the 2010 season when he was appointed to Toronto as the Assistant Athletic Trainer. In 2004 and 2005 he won the Athletic Trainer of the Year Award for the Florida State League. In 2005 he was also the recipient of the Minor League Athletic Trainer of the Year Award. Mike was one of the American League athletic trainer representatives at the 2023 All Star game in Seattle and was a member of the 2021 MLB Athletic Training Staff of the Year in Atlanta that also won the World Series. During the off season, Mike resides in Redcliff, Alberta with his wife, Candice.
Rick Smith
Rick “Ranger Rick” Smith, 70, gives a great deal of himself to the Angels, but he doesn’t stop there as he regularly donates his time and auction items to the Child Abuse Prevention Center in Orange, CA. Before his promotion to the Angels’ parent club in 1978, where he served as the Angels’ head athletic trainer from 1979 to 1990, Smith was the head athletic trainer for the Class AA El Paso Diablos. An El Paso, Texas native, Smith was a student athletic trainer for the University of Texas-El Paso Miners’ athletic teams from 1971 until his graduation in 1975 and was inducted into the El Paso Texas Baseball Hall of Fame, in 2007. He served as American League athletic trainer for MLB All-Star Games in 1984, 1989 and 1997. Smith resides in Santa Ana Ca, with his wife Janell.
Eric Munson
Eric Munson, 44, joins the Los Angeles Major League Athletic Training Staff for his 7th season as the Angels Assistant Athletic Trainer after working in the team’s minor league system for 7 seasons and the Minor League Rehab Coordinator for 5. Munson served as the head athletic trainer in AA Arkansas (2008-2010), Rancho Cucamonga (2007), Cedar Rapids (2005, 2006, 2011) and has served as the Minor League Rehab Coordinator based in Tempe (2012-2016). A native of North Dakota, Munson, received his undergraduate degree from North Dakota State University. Eric, his wife Leslie, and daughter Nora reside in Avondale, AZ.
Matt Biancuzzo
Matt Biancuzzo, 40, is entering his 7th season in the major leagues as an Assistant Athletic Trainer. This will be his third year with the Los Angeles Angels. Prior to starting his MLB career, Biancuzzo had 12 years of experience in athletic training, most recently as a performance medicine therapist and athletic trainer for Cirque du Soleil from 2010-17. Prior to that, Biancuzzo served as an assistant athletic trainer for Georgia Southern University from 2008-10 and as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for Florida State University from 2006-08. In addition to his athletic training experience, he also served as a strength and conditioning intern in 2009 for Cressey Sports Performance. He earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Florida State University and a B.S. in Health Sciences – Athletic Training from the University of Central Florida. Biancuzzo, a native of Bristol, RI, resides in Las Vegas, NV.