Updated June 29, 2016. Liver function tests (LFTs) are a battery of routine blood tests that gives your doctor an idea of how well your liver is working. From these investigations, your doctor can identify underlying liver dysfunction, medication stresses affecting the liver, or diseases of the liver such as hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV).
There were 20 players on Major League Baseball Opening Day rosters this season, most products of the league's First-Year Player Draft, which was instituted for Puerto Rico in 1990. In 2006, that number was 33, according to Caribbean Business, a Puerto Rico-based publication.
AndrÃ©s Torres of the San Francisco Giants is one of the few Puerto Rican ballplayers in the Major Leagues. (2011 Getty Images) The Caribbean island that produced Roberto Clemente and a plethora of exceptional baseball talent that made its mark in the Major Leagues has produced fewer hits in recent years.