Britt Ghiroli: The next wave of data in baseball? Blood tests & biomarkers

[weams]

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/169715232/players-take-new-new-approach-to-nutrition

Data, in the form of advanced metrics and statistics, has become king in baseball, and Melancon and May are among a growing group of players that are taking that information to the next level. In their case, they use a web-based health platform called InsideTracker. The Boston-based company -- developed by nutritionists, scientists and aging specialists from Harvard University, MIT and Tufts University -- has taken the popularity of nutrition-tracking services a step further: measuring hormones levels, glucose, cholesterol, vitamins and other key biomarkers that don't show up on a standard physical or blood test.

[Beef Supreme]

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/169715232/players-take-new-new-approach-to-nutrition

I guess InsideTracker will start printing lineup cards for managers to follow.

[jsbearr]

Would be interesting to see if these guys could get it to work.

Pretty much, basic nutrition is the main issue. Going to the degree of trying to find biomarkers starts taking folks over to the well intentioned but made up science realm.