Scott Alexander knew something was wrong. This wasn’t a sixth sense sort of thing, because the signs were impossible to miss.
Alexander felt them.
There was a time last summer when Alexander would have to use the bathroom seven or eight times a night. He would wake up thirsty and drink about a gallon of water. It was compounded by constant fatigue.
These things are abnormal for anyone, let alone a professional baseball player in his mid-20s.
Alexander got the answer in July when he was pitching for the Royals’ Class AAA affiliate in Omaha.