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MLB partners with Uplift Labs, which uses AI to detect players' flaws, forecast potential, and flag injury risk based on images captured by two iPhone cameras
The league has partnered with Uplift Labs, a biomechanics company that says it can document a prospect’s specific movement patterns using just two iPhone cameras. The setup was available for use in evaluating prospects who agree to participate at the MLB draft combine last week in Arizona. Uplift says it uses artificial intelligence to translate the images captured by the phone cameras into metrics that can quantify elements of player movement. It believes the data it generates can detect player’s flaws, forecast their potential and, possibly, flag their potential for injury.