While their new year diet resolutions might be very different from our own, even pro players use this time of year reset what they’re eating and say goodbye to bad habits.
The Los Angeles Angels are among those focusing on improving their nutrition during the offseason in order to in turn improve their performance on the field when the season opener against the White Sox on April 1 rolls around.
To achieve that end, the Angels organization hired sports dietitian and nutritionist Becci Twombley in 2013 to keep the players’ eating habits in shape.
While the role was not the norm when Twombley first joined the Angels payroll, it has been required by the MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement since 2017 that all clubs have a player/management advisory council that works with a full-time chef and registered dietician to improve clubhouse nutrition.