Our Mission

We love baseball. We grew up playing in the streets and yards of our neighborhoods for hours upon hours in a day. The impact of baseball in our lives is invaluable and our mission is to give back to the sport by sharing our knowledge. With a combined 46 yrs of college and professional baseball experience, we've learned a few things that can help any player of any skill level progress.

Our vision:

Through a unique approach to baseball training, each child will have the opportunity to understand the connection between their body and brain to achieve maximum health and vitality. We will empower the youth with tools and education to accomplish their goals in life beyond baseball by championing integrity, responsibility, commitment, discipline, respect, and honor. Each child will have an opportunity to benefit from the sport of baseball.

Our mission:

Help each player understand and train with a purpose, to realize their personal potential. You don't have to be Aaron Judge to be successful, but you do need to use your tools to the best of your ability to deliver peak performance. We want to help!

Our team

Joe Espada

Manager, Houston Astros (MLB)

Congratulations, Joe!

After finishing the 2023 season as the bench coach, Joe was officially named the Astros' manager.

Previously, In addition to his bench coach responsibilities, Joe also served as infield coach and has mentored some of the game’s biggest stars, including Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa, Yuli Gurriel, and 2022 Gold Glove winner and 2022 World Series MVP Jeremy Peña. In 2021, both Correa and Gurriel earned the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, while the Astros earned the Rawlings AL Team Gold Glove Award. Additionally, under Espada’s tutelage, the Astros have utilized more defensive shifts than any other Major League club. In 2020, the Astros' .991 team fielding pct. was tops in the Majors.

Prior to joining the Astros, Espada spent four seasons *2014-17) in the New York Yankees organization, first, as a professional scout in 2014, and then as third base coach 2015-17. During his Yankees coaching tenure, the Yankees earned two playoff berths (2015 & 2017), advancing to the ALCS in 2017. A native of Santurce, Puerto Rico, Espada attended the University of Mobile, (Ala.), where he still owns the school’s top two single-season batting average (.468 in 1995 and .446 in 1996) and top career batting average of .442. Drafted in the second round in 1996 MLB Amateur Draft by the Oakland Athletics, Espada enjoyed a 10-year playing career, playing in the Oakland (1996-200), Florida (2001),
Colorado (2001), Kansas City (2002), St. Louis (2003), Texas (2003), and Tampa Bay (2004) organizations. After retiring as a player, Espada started his coaching career, which began with the Marlins in 2006.There he coached from 2006-13, serving first as a hitting coach for Class A Greensboro (2006)and Class A Jupiter (2007). Next, he was the Marlins infield coordinator (2008-09) before joining the Major League club as third base coach 2010-2013.
Espada is married to Dr. Pamela Espada and the couple has two daughters, Eliana Marie and Vivana Elena. During the off-seasons, Joe has given back to Puerto Rico both on and off the field. He managed the Puerto Rican Winter League for Carolina (2014-15) and Manati (2012-13) and coached third base for Team Puerto Rico in the 2013 and 2017 World Baseball Classics. Active in the community both in Puerto Rico and in Houston, Espada has given countless clinics to youth baseball groups, including at the Astros
youth Academy. Espada has also been involved in various Houston charities and enjoys spending time
with his family.

Migdoel 'Dio' Miranda

Author, health Fitness & Nutrition Expert

Dio is the Author of Interior Fitness- Move Your Heart to Reshape Your Life and Your Body. A former pro baseball player who has been training and coaching speakers, amateur and professional athletes, celebrities and ordinary people since 2000, Dio Miranda teaches how to use simple daily strategies to live a life of exceptional health and vitality.

A native of Carolina, Puerto Rico, Dio was recruited by University of Memphis Lambuth in Jackson, Tennessee to play college baseball, then went on to play professional baseball in the Independent League and Winter League in Puerto Rico so he was quite familiar with the training necessary for athletes at a high level. While in college, Dio had the great experience of teaching disabled students as part of his degree program. He graduated college in his second language with B.S. degrees in both Physical Education and Special Education. Dio found his ultimate dream somewhere between these two extreme levels of functioning as he was more and more intrigued by what helps the ordinary person achieve incredible health.

Dio also graduated from the Florida College of Natural Health as a Certified Massage Therapist. Afterwards, he continued practicing as a strength coach in the Miami area and then further combined his interest in the spiritual and emotional aspects of the mind and body, and how they affect physical performance by attending the prestigious CHEK Institute where he studied (C)orrective (H)olistic (E)xercise (K)inesiology. So far, Dio has achieved Certifications of Holistic and Lifestyle Coach II, Level III Fitness Trainer, and a High-Performance Exercise Kinesiologist. In 2011, Dio was awarded international recognition as a CHEK Practitioner of The Year nominee. Dio also teaches the ELDOA system.

While DioFitness is based in Austin, Texas, Dio also travels to work with clients internationally. His approach to fitness is to emphasize healthier living, both emotionally and physically, in order to achieve greater vitality so clients can live their lives to the fullest.

When not working with his awesome local clients or traveling to work with his celebrity clients, Dio’s wife - Nicole, son - Kai, and daughter - Kamila, help him sharpen his own interior fitness.

Dio's credentials include:

B.S. Special Educational & Physical Education
National Academy of Sports Medicine-PES
ELDOA practitioner- Legacy Sport & Wellness Center
Oxygen Advantage® Functional Breathing Instructor
CHEK Institute-Corrective High-Perfomamce Exercise Kinesiology-
CHEK III
CHEK Institute Holistic and Lifestyle Coach - HLC II
Florida College of Natural Health - Certified Massage Therapist
Advanced Metabolic Typing Advisor(nutrition) and Hair Tissue Mineral Analyst