Pair of O's athletic trainers form all-woman staff for Spring Breakout

SARASOTA, Fla. -- When Maggie Hunt was growing up, she didn't see a lot of women working in professional baseball. She never could have predicted she'd one day be the athletic trainer for Single-A Delmarva in the Orioles' organization.

"Now, just knowing that it’s becoming normalized, more women should be willing to get in it and wanting to get in it. There is space for them here, and they need to know that," Hunt said. "They need to take up space. Not just in athletic training, but in all fields -- coaching, strength and conditioning, everything."

Hunt also could not have imagined there'd be a scenario like there was Friday night at Ed Smith Stadium. Not only was she working the O's Spring Breakout prospect showcase game vs. the Red Sox -- a 3-1 Baltimore win -- but the other trainer on staff was another woman: Brianna Moskal, who is the athletic trainer for Baltimore's Florida Complex League team.

Together, Hunt and Moskal (both 27) are helping continue the growing trend of inclusion for everyone in baseball.

"It's awesome," Moskal said. "I think teams just embrace it now, especially because it’s becoming more common."

The two Minor League trainers have had similar paths to get here.

Hunt, a 2021 graduate of Methodist University, majored in athletic training and played soccer before going to graduate school at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She worked as an athletic trainer at West Chester Henderson High School before joining the O's organization in May 2023.

First, Hunt was a seasonal athletic trainer for Delmarva for much of the 2023 season. She spent '24 and the first half of the '25 campaign as a trainer in the Dominican Summer League, before returning to Delmarva for the second half of '25 and the upcoming '26 season.

"This organization, I’ve just grown to love it," Hunt said. "I love the people that are around. They have such good collaboration between the departments, not only just sports medicine and strength and conditioning, but with the coaches as well and with the kids.

"I’ve seen a lot of the Latin Americans grow up, meeting them down in the D.R., and then going now to Delmarva with them, I can see them building and how they’re growing into young men. It’s just really, really exciting for me."

Moskal is a 2020 graduate of California State University, Northridge, who then went to grad school at California State University, Long Beach. She has already worked for several MLB organizations, having been employed by the Red Sox ('23), Marlins ('24) and Orioles ('25-present).

After joining the O's as the FCL trainer ahead of last season, Moskal is set to return to the role this year.

"I just love that I feel so embraced into it," said Moskal, who is also a former soccer player. "I was always on a sports team, and even though I’m not on the team, they still make me feel a part of the team. I’m involved in everything, I get to help them, and then, my favorite part is helping them in the training room and then seeing them successful on the field."

Hunt and Moskal have developed a friendship over the past year-plus, as they worked together in Spring Training ahead of the 2025 season. During the year, they frequently communicated virtually about players moving between the FCL and Single-A, sharing their particular training needs.

Spring Breakout has become a platform for top prospects to showcase their talents since becoming an annual event in 2024. But this year in Sarasota, it also provided an opportunity for Hunt and Moskal to be part of a high-profile game.

"It’s a lot of fun to see them go from the practice field to then show what they have on a big stage like this," Moskal said. "It’s a proud moment for us, because you work with them every day and you get to know them as people and build relationships with them, and then, you also get to stand on the sideline and watch them succeed."

The two are also aware that their work allows younger generations to learn of the possibilities now available to those interested in working in baseball -- and that means anyone.

"Honestly, it means everything," Hunt said. "Our Minor League staff -- and especially in athletic training -- we’re majority women. And I think the Orioles do a very good job of wanting to promote that as well."

"I feel like every organization, every team I’ve been with, has definitely embraced me, and once they trust you and see that you are there to help and know what you’re doing, then they have no problem whether you’re male or female," Moskal added. "If you have good intentions, they are themselves and trust you. That’s the biggest piece, is just trusting each other. We’re here for them, and I have a job because of these players, and if they need something, then I’m there to help them, whatever it is."