Scoring position: Ex-Rays player sets the stage for career transition

With the COVID-19 crisis shutting down professional sports leagues indefinitely, Miami Marlins outfielder Matt Joyce, a 12-year MLB veteran, suddenly has a lot more time to work on his post-baseball business career. 

Joyce — a Brandon native who enjoyed some of the best years of his career with his hometown Tampa Bay Rays, earning a trip to the MLB All-Star Game in 2011 — has embarked on an entrepreneurial venture with his wife, Brittany, and business partner Blair Johnson. The trio have purchased the rights to five F45 Training franchises in the Tampa Bay region, starting with a facility that opened to the public, at reduced operating capacity because of the coronavirus pandemic, on May 23 in New Tampa.