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.
The 230 players born outside the U.S. (26.5 percent) come from the pool of 868 players (750 active 25-man roster players and 118 disabled or restricted Major League players) on April 5th rosters and represent 17 countries and territories outside the U.S., the most since 2001, when there were also 17 represented.