Jose Ministral
Jose Julian Ministral, 50, begins his 12th season with the Toronto Blue Jays Organization and 6th year as the Head Athletic Trainer. A Summit, NJ native, Jose earned his undergraduate degree from Springfield College and is certified by the, CATA, NATA, and NSCA. He was named to the position of Assistant Athletic Training Coordinator in 2013, a position he held until becoming the Minor League Athletic Training Coordinator in 2016. Jose began his baseball career in 1998 with the Pittsburgh Pirates Organization as a GCL Intern, spending 14 years with the organization as a minor league athletic trainer. He spent six seasons (2003-05 & 2007-09) as Pittsburgh’s Triple-A athletic trainer. Also served as athletic trainer at Lynchburg (A) in 2002 and as the Pirates Minor League Rehab Coordinator in 200l. Jose resides in Indiana during the off-season with his wife and 2 children.
Voon Chong
Voon, 54, is entering his 24th season overall with the Blue Jays organization and his 8th on the Major League staff as Assistant Athletic Trainer. He began his baseball athletic training career with the Blue Jays in Medicine Hat (Rookie A) in 2002 and has made stops in Charleston, WV (A) 2003; Manchester, NH (AA) from 2004-2009 and Buffalo, NY (AAA) from 2010-2017. He was voted the Eastern League Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2007 & 2008 and was selected to represent the Blue Jays in the Hawaii Winter Baseball League (Honolulu Sharks) in 2006 and Arizona Fall League (Scottsdale Scorpions) in 2007. Prior to baseball, Voon represented Canada as an Athletic Trainer/Equipment Manager on the Canadian U-20 National Soccer Team at the World Youth Cup in 1997 (Malaysia) and 2001 (Argentina), 2001 Canadian U-23 National Soccer Team at Francophone Games in Ottawa and Canadian Olympic National Soccer Team in the 2003 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Voon graduated from Simon Fraser University, BC with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Kinesiology in 1998 and is certified by the CATA and NATA. He was born in Ipoh, Malaysia and currently resides in Vancouver, BC.
Drew MacDonald
Drew, 38, is entering his 6th season on the Major League staff as the 2nd Assistant Athletic Trainer and 15th season with the Blue Jays. A graduate of Sheridan College’s Athletic Therapy program, Drew interned for the Blue Jays in 2008 before being hired on to serve as the Bluefield Athletic Trainer in 2011. then he has made professional stops in Vancouver (2012), Lansing (2013-2017) and New Hampshire (2018) prior to serving as the Assistant Medical and Athletic Training Coordinator in 2019. In 2023, MacDonald was selected as the Head Trainer for Team Canada at the World Baseball Classic. Originally, from Teeswater, On. He currently resides in Paris, On with his wife Heidi, sons Max, Brooks and Hayes.
Andrew Pipkin
Andrew Pipkin enters his 5th season as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays medical staff after spending five seasons with the Cleveland organization. He received his undergraduate and graduate physical therapy degrees from Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania. Andrew completed a sports physical therapy residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in 2014 and is a board certified sports specialist. He went on to The Ohio State University where he completed an Upper Extremity Athlete Fellowship. Andrew was hired to work as a member of the Cleveland medical staff in 2016 and he served as both the Rehab Coordinator and Minor League Medical Coordinator until 2020. In 2021, Andrew joined the Blue Jays staff as the Medical Director and was promoted to his current role as Major League Director of Health and Performance in 2024.